The association of fruits, vegetables, antioxidant vitamins and fibre intake with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein: Sex and body mass index interactions

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1345-1352

  Oliveira, A ^a,b   Rodriguez Artalejo F ^c   Lopes, C ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 70449530530     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2009.61     Document Type: Article

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