Effects of black and green tea consumption on blood glucose levels in non-obese elderly men and women from Mediterranean Islands (MEDIS epidemiological study)

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-16

  Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^a   Zeimbekis, Akis ^a   Kastorini, Christina Maria ^a   Papairakleous, Natassa ^a   Vlachou, Ioanna ^a   Bountziouka, Vassiliki ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Diabetes; Elderly; Obesity; Tea

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TEA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEVERAGES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TEA; THINNESS;

EID: 39149137497     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-007-0690-7     Document Type: Article

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