Modified Mediterranean diet and survival after myocardial infarction: the EPIC-Elderly study.

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Mediterranean diet is associated with lower incidence of coronary heart disease, and two randomised trials indicated that it improves prognosis of coronary patients. These trials, however, relied on a total of 100 deaths and evaluated designer diets in the clinical context. We have evaluated the association of adherence to the modified Mediterranean diet, in which unsaturates were substituted for monounsaturates, with survival among elderly with previous myocardial infarction within the Europ...

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Authors: Trichopoulou, A; Bamia, C; Norat, T; Overvad, K; Schmidt, E

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: European journal of epidemiology
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 871-881
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9190-6
• EISSN: 1573-7284
• ISSN: 0393-2990
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Humans; Prospective Studies; Survival Rate; Europe; Nutrition Surveys; Diet, Mediterranean; Middle Aged; Male; Proportional Hazards Models; Aged; Myocardial Infarction; Mortality