Mediterranean diet and metabolic syndrome in an urban population: The athens study

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 598-606

  Gouveri, Evanthia T ^a   Tzavara, Chara ^b   Drakopanagiotakis, Fotios ^a   Tsaoussoglou, Marina ^a   Marakomichelakis, Georgios E ^a   Tountas, Yannis ^b   Diamantopoulos, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; diabetes mellitus; diet, Mediterranean; metabolic syndrome X

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053247021     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533611416821     Document Type: Article

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