No association between adherence to the healthy Nordic food index and cardiovascular disease amongst Swedish women: A cohort study

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 278, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 531-541

  Roswall, N ^a,b   Sandin, S ^b   Scragg, R ^c   Lof M ^b   Skeie, G ^d   Olsen, A ^a   Adami, H O ^b,e   Weiderpass, E ^b,d,f,g  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^g CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cohort study; Ischaemic heart disease; Nordic diet; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APPLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORDIC DIET; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OAT; PEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT VEGETABLE; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS; VEGETABLE; WHOLEGRAIN BREAD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET THERAPY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84945466925     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12378     Document Type: Article

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