Dietary glycemic load and index and risk of coronary heart disease in a large Italian cohort: The EPICOR study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 640-647

  Sieri, Sabina ^a   Krogh, Vittorio ^a   Berrino, Franco ^a   Evangelista, Alberto ^a   Agnoli, Claudia ^a   Brighenti, Furio ^c   Pellegrini, Nicoletta ^c   Palli, Domenico ^d   Masala, Giovanna ^d   Sacerdote, Carlotta ^e   Veglia, Fabrizio ^b,e   Tumino, Rosario ^f   Frasca, Graziella ^f   Grioni, Sara ^a   Pala, Valeria ^a   Mattiello, Amalia ^g   Chiodini, Paolo ^g   Panico, Salvatore ^g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950988334     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.15     Document Type: Article

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