Mediterranean diet and other lifestyle factors in relation to 20-year all-cause mortality: A cohort study in an Italian population

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1003-1011

  Prinelli, Federica ^a,b   Yannakoulia, Mary ^c   Anastasiou, Costas A ^c   Adorni, Fulvio ^b   Di Santo, Simona G ^d   Musicco, Massimo ^b,d   Scarmeas, Nikolaos ^e,f   Correa Leite, Maria L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Follow up studies; Lifestyle factors; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OLIVE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LEGUME; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POTATO; POULTRY; RED MEAT; SEA FOOD; SMOKING HABIT; VEGETABLE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84926982038     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515000318     Document Type: Article

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