The association between nut consumption and the risk of total and ischemic stroke in a German cohort study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 431-435

  Di Giuseppe, R ^a   Fjeld, M K ^b   Dierkes, J ^b   Theoflylaktopoulou, D ^b   Arregui, M ^a   Boeing, H ^a   Weikert, C ^a,c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DIET; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84926408328     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.212     Document Type: Article

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