Mediterranean Diet and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: What Do We Know?

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 62-67

  Salas Salvadó, Jordi ^a,b,c,d   Becerra Tomás, Nerea ^a,b,c,d   García Gavilán, Jesús Francisco ^a,b,c,d   Bulló, Mònica ^a,b,c,d   Barrubés, Laura ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Heart failure; Mediterranean diet; Myocardial infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTHY DIET; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85047219816     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2018.04.006     Document Type: Review

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