High diet quality is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in older men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 673-680

  Atkins, Janice L ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^b   Morris, Richard W ^a   Lennon, Lucy T ^a   Papacosta, Olia ^a   Goya Wannamethee, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84898852367     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.186486     Document Type: Article

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