Protective role of the Mediterranean diet on several cardiovascular risk factors: EVIDENCE from Sicily, southern Italy

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 370-377

  Grosso, G ^a   Pajak, A ^b   Mistretta, A ^a   Marventano, S ^a   Raciti, T ^c   Buscemi, S ^d   Drago, F ^a   Scalfi, L ^e   Galvano, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c Provincial Health Authority of Catania   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular risk factors; Hypertension; Mediterranean diet; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SICILY;

EID: 84897062375     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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