Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet: Insights From the PREDIMED Study

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-60

  Martínez González, Miguel A ^a,b   Salas Salvadó, Jordi ^b,c   Estruch, Ramón ^b,d   Corella, Dolores ^b,e   Fitó, Montse ^b,f   Ros, Emilio ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Dietary intervention; Mediterranean diet; Peripheral artery disease; Primary prevention; Randomized trials; Stroke; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; OLIVE OIL; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; APOA2 GENE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX 2 GENE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW FAT DIET; LPL GENE; M4CR GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MLXIPL GENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SERPINE1 GENE; TCF7L2 GENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; TIME;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84936938968     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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