Nut consumption is inversely associated with both cancer and total mortality in a Mediterranean population: Prospective results from the Moli-sani study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 804-811

  Bonaccio, Marialaura ^a,b   Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^a   De Curtis, Amalia ^a   Costanzo, Simona ^a   Bracone, Francesca ^c   Persichillo, Mariarosaria ^a   Donati, Maria Benedetta ^a   De Gaetano, Giovanni ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^a  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b Piazza Velasca   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; CVD; Inflammation; Mortality; Nuts; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE RATIO; NUT MEAL; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; ITALY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84940514785     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515002378     Document Type: Article

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