1. Impact of Mediterranean diet on metabolic and inflammatory status of patients with polyvascular atherosclerotic disease
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Francesco Piccirillo, Yeganeh Manon Khazrai, Fabio Mangiacapra, Annunziata Nusca, Costanza Goffredo, Francesco Grigioni, Gian Paolo Ussia, Laura De Gara, and Nicoletta Miano
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education.field_of_study ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Mediterranean diet ,business.industry ,Proportional hazards model ,Incidence ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Population ,Atherosclerotic disease ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Dietary pattern ,Diet, Mediterranean ,C-Reactive Protein ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,In patient ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,education ,Glycemic - Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS The Mediterranean Diet (MD) represents a key player in cardiovascular disease prevention. Therefore, we aimed to assess the relationship between adherence to the MD and inflammatory, lipid and glycemic profile in patients affected by polyvascular atherosclerotic disease (PAD). We also investigated the incidence of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) according to MD adherence. METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 107 patients with PAD, defined as the simultaneous involvement of at least two vascular districts. Adherence to the MD was estimated through a 9-item simplified form of the Mediterranean Diet Score. Improved fasting glycemic and LDL-cholesterol levels were reported in the high-adherence group compared with the low-adherence group (p
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- 2022