Glycemic load and coronary heart disease in a Mediterranean population: The EPIC Greek cohort study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 336-342

  Turati, F ^a   Dilis, V ^b   Rossi, M ^a   Lagiou, P ^b,c,d,e   Benetou, V ^b,c   Katsoulis, M ^b   Naska, A ^b,c   Trichopoulos, D ^b,c,d,e   La Vecchia, C ^f   Trichopoulou, A ^b,c,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Coronary heart diseases; Diet; Glycemic load; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREECE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GLYCEMIC LOAD; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933678491     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: 15903729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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