Comparison of three different dietary scores in relation to 10-year mortality in elderly European subjects: The HALE project

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 746-755

  Knoops, Kim T B ^a   de Groot, L C ^a   Fidanza, F ^b   Alberti Fidanza, A ^b   Kromhout, D ^a,c   van Staveren, W A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary patterns; Elderly; Mediterranean diet; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33744917232     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602378     Document Type: Article

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