Modified Mediterranean diet score and cardiovascular risk in a North American working population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Justin ^a,b   Farioli, Andrea ^a,c   Korre, Maria ^a,b   Kales, Stefanos N ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; FIRE FIGHTER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MODIFIED MEDITERRANEAN DIET SCORE; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET THERAPY; EMPLOYMENT; MANPOWER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORTH AMERICA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84895098967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087539     Document Type: Article

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