title: [Nutrition and cardiovascular mortality].
abstract: About 17 million persons die in cardiovascular disease yearly in the world. Most part of this disease can be prevented by the elimination of primary risk factors, thus by the abolishment of unhealthy nutrition, physical inactivity and by the absence of smoking. The cost-effective national program, as well as the life style with decreasing individual risk factors can give a trend to decrease the cardiovascular mortality. Individually the usual blood pressure and cholesterol control, the inhibition of obesity and the life style without smoking are able to decrease the organic changes, which produce the lethal consequences of this disease. The different kinds of diets can significantly influence the development of human diseases. The Western diet has atherogenic effect, increases the risk of myocardial infarction. The Mediterranean diet beneficially influences the life expectancy at birth. The Far-East Japanese diet could specially be important from the viewpoint of nutrition, because the longest life expectancy at birth and the smallest cardiovascular mortality can be found there. The quality nutrition factors (vitamins, vitamin like materials, polyphenols in wine and fruit juices, trace elements, omega-3 fatty acids) play an important role in the decreasing of oxidative stress and cardiovascular mortality.
authors.affiliation: Altalános Orvostudományi Kar, II Belgyógyászati Klinika, Budapest. feher@bel2.sote.hu
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fehér
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lengyel
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004036:Diet, Atherogenic; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D019083:Mediterranean Region; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects