Estimating the 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease and its economic consequences, by the level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet: The ATTICA study

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-243

  Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a   Sitara, Marietta ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Mediterranean diet; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET RECORDS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547112039     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.251     Document Type: Article

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