Evaluating Mediterranean diet and risk of chronic disease in cohort studies: an umbrella review of meta-analyses

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 909-931

  Galbete, Cecilia ^a,b   Schwingshackl, Lukas ^a,b   Schwedhelm, Carolina ^a,b   Boeing, Heiner ^a,b   Schulze, Matthias B ^a,b,c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b NutriAct Competence Cluster for Nutritional Sciences Berlin Potsdam   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Cohort studies; Heterogeneity; Mediterranean diet; Meta analyses; Umbrella review

Indexed keywords

CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; METABOLIC SYNDROME; OBESITY;

EID: 85050333747     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-018-0427-3     Document Type: Review

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