Mediterranean diet and low-grade subclinical inflammation: The Moli-sani study

Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-24

  Bonaccio, Marialaura ^a   Cerletti, Chiara ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^a   de Gaetano, Giovanni ^a  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Biomarkers of inflammation; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Low grade inflammation; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LIPID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EGG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; METABOLIC DISEASES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; METABOLIC DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84930908013     PISSN: 18715303     EISSN: 22123873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871530314666141020112146     Document Type: Article

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