Mediterranean food pattern and the primary prevention of chronic disease: recent developments.
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.
Martinez-Gonzalez
Miguel Angel
MA
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Clinica Universitaria, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. mamartinez@unav.es
Bes-Rastrollo
Maira
M
Serra-Majem
Lluis
L
Lairon
Denis
D
Estruch
Ramón
R
Trichopoulou
Antonia
A
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