Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with a better health-related quality of life: A possible role of high dietary antioxidant content

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Bonaccio, Marialaura ^a,b   Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^a   Bonanni, Americo ^a,c   Costanzo, Simona ^a   De Lucia, Francesca ^a   Pounis, George ^a   Zito, Francesco ^a   Donati, Maria Benedetta ^b   De Gaetano, Giovanni ^b   Iacoviello, Licia ^b,d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c Epicomed Research   (Italy)

^d Laboratory of Cardiovascular and Neurovascular Epidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTION SIZE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84884576958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003003     Document Type: Article

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