Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is inversely associated with visceral abdominal tissue in Caucasian subjects

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1266-1272

  Bertoli, Simona ^a   Leone, Alessandro ^a   Vignati, Laila ^a   Bedogni, Giorgio ^a   Martínez González, Miguel Ángel ^b,c   Bes Rastrollo, Maira ^b,c   Spadafranca, Angela ^a   Vanzulli, Angelo ^d   Battezzati, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Mediterranean diet; Subcutaneous fat; Ultrasonography; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISH; GENDER; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED MEAT; RED WINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHELLFISH; SKINFOLD; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; WHITE MEAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960802528     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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