title: Mediterranean food pattern and the primary prevention of chronic disease: recent developments.
abstract: Recent evidence supports the cardioprotective role of a Mediterranean food pattern. The major findings of the Greek and EPIC-Elderly cohort, the SUN study, the Medi-RIVAGE and the PREDIMED trials are reviewed. Definitive answers will come from ongoing primary prevention trials that assess clinical events as outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Clinica Universitaria, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. mamartinez@unav.es
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martinez-Gonzalez
authors.forename: Maira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bes-Rastrollo
authors.forename: Lluis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Serra-Majem
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lairon
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Estruch
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trichopoulou
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011634:Public Health