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Review
. 2007;2(1):109-15.
doi: 10.2147/ciia.2007.2.1.109.

Mediterranean diet and prevention of coronary heart disease in the elderly

Anastasios S Dontas  1 , Nicholas S Zerefos, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Cleo Vlachou, Dimitrios A Valis
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Review

Mediterranean diet and prevention of coronary heart disease in the elderly

Anastasios S Dontas et al. Clin Interv Aging. 2007.

Erratum in

  • Clin Interv Aging. 2008;3(2):397. Vlachou, Cleo [added]

Abstract

There are now several scientific studies that relate this traditional dietary pattern with the incidence of coronary heart disease, various types of cancer, and other diseases. The past years have several observational and clinical studies suggested the mechanisms by which this traditional diet may affect coronary risk. This review underlines the importance of the Mediterranean dietary patterns in the prevention of coronary heart disease.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
25-year all cause mortality from the Seven Countries Studies cohorts (adopted from Toshima H et al.).
Figure 2
Figure 2
The adjusted effect of the adoption of Mediterranean diet on the risk of developing acute coronary syndromes, by type of region (Panagiotakos et al. 2002).
Figure 3
Figure 3
The adjusted, for the conventional risk factors, effect of the Mediterranean diet on the risk of developing acute coronary syndromes, in hypertensive, hypercholesterolemic, diabetes, physically inactive, obsess, and smokers’ subjects (Panagiotakos et al. 2002).
Figure 4
Figure 4
The traditional Mediterranean diet pyramid (created according to http://oldwayspt.org/index, accessed on February 5, 2007).
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