Mediterranean diet and multiple health outcomes: An umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies and randomised trials

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 30-43

  Dinu, M ^a   Pagliai, G ^a   Casini, A ^a,b   Sofi, F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; POLYPHENOL;

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNOR DAVIDSON PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY PATTERN; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT VEGETABLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85040356827     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2017.58     Document Type: Review

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