The Mediterranean Diet and Cardiovascular Health: A Critical Review

Circulation Research

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 779-798

  Martínez González, Miguel A ^a,b,c   Gea, Alfredo ^a,b   Ruiz Canela, Miguel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; clinical trials; cohort studies; meta analysis; olive oil; polyphenols

Indexed keywords

POLYPHENOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREAL; DIETARY PATTERN; DISEASE BURDEN; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE; WHOLE GRAIN; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, HEALTHY; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85064810791     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.313348     Document Type: Review

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