Mediterranean diet score and total and cardiovascular mortality in Eastern Europe: the HAPIEE study

2015114 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Dénes Stefler · University College London

Sofia Malyutina · Novosibirsk State Medical University

Růžena Kubínová · National Institute of Public Health

Andrzej Pająk · Jagiellonian University

Anne Peasey · University College London

Hynek Pikhart · University College London

Eric J. Brunner

Abstract

Higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated with reduced risk of total and CVD deaths in these large Eastern European urban populations. The application of MDS with absolute cut-offs appears suitable for non-Mediterranean populations.

Topics & Keywords

Nutritional Studies and Diet Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Diet and metabolism studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft

Volume 56, Issue 1, pp. 421-429

DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-1092-x

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