Background Dietary vitamin D supplementation is associated with reduced risk of type 1
diabetes in animals. Our aim was to ascertain whether or not vitamin D supplementation or …

Background: Flavonoids are effective antioxidants and may protect against several chronic
diseases. Objective: The association between flavonoid intake and risk of several chronic …

Objective: To study the association between dietary intake of flavonoids and subsequent
coronary mortality. Design: A cohort study based on data collected at the Finnish mobile …

Introduction. Although the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) has been extensively
investigated in recent years, an accurate estimate of CD frequency in the European …

Background Early repolarization, which is characterized by an elevation of the QRS–ST
junction (J point) in leads other than V1 through V3 on 12-lead electrocardiography, has …

Background: Type 2 diabetes is associated with low birthweight followed by obesity in
adulthood. Persons who develop the disease may therefore have a particular pattern of …

Background: Epidemiologic evidence of a preventive effect of whole grain against type 2
diabetes is mainly based on data from women. Information specific to men and women is …

Oxidation of lipoproteins is hypothesized to promote atherosclerosis and, thus, a high intake
of antioxidant nutrients may protect against coronary heart disease. The relation between …

Previous studies with some limitations have provided equivocal results for the prognostic
significance of home-measured blood pressure (BP). We investigated whether home …

Serum cholesterol concentration was studied for its prediction of cancer in 39,268 men and
women aged 15–99 years and initially free from cancer. During a median follow-up of 10 …