Long-term adherence to the Mediterranean diet reduces the prevalence of hyperuricaemia in elderly individuals, without known cardiovascular disease: The Ikaria study

Maturitas

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-64

  Chrysohoou, Christina ^a   Skoumas, John ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Masoura, Constadina ^a   Siasos, Gerassimos ^a   Galiatsatos, Nikos ^a,b   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^a,b   Mylonakis, Charalabos ^c   Margazas, Andreas ^a   Kyvelou, Stella ^a   Mamatas, Spyros ^c   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^d   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Health Center of Evdilos   (Greece)

^d HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diet; Elderly; Hyperuricaemia; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COFFEE; COLORIMETRY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 80051801966     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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