The specific metabolic contribution of consuming different energy-yielding macronutrients
(namely, carbohydrates, protein and lipids) to obesity is a matter of active debate. In this …

Diet has an important role in the prevention and treatment of hypertension. In early
epidemiological studies, conducted mainly in the USA, monounsaturated fatty acids showed …

Importance Oxidative stress and vascular impairment are believed to partly mediate age-
related cognitive decline, a strong risk factor for development of dementia. Epidemiologic …

A call for grants was issued in 2002 by the Spanish Government (Instituto de Salud Carlos
III). This call was specifically designed to initiate networking research among Spanish …

The aim of the present study was to assess reproducibility and relative validity of a self-
administered FFQ used in the PREDIMED Study, a clinical trial for primary prevention of …

13.2. Conceptos de odds, odds ratio y riesgo relativo...................................... 13.3. Ejemplo
ridículamente sencillo de regresión logística binaria univariante: interpretación …

Background Genetic, observational, and clinical intervention studies indicate that circulating
levels of triglycerides and cholesterol transported in triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (remnant …

Brain oxidative processes play a major role in age-related cognitive decline, thus
consumption of antioxidant-rich foods might help preserve cognition. Our aim was to assess …

Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death worldwide at the turn of the XXI
century [1]. Although it has been projected that by 2020, 71% of deaths due to ischaemic …

Substantial evidence has verified the Mediterranean diet's (MedDiet) nutritional adequacy,
long-term sustainability, and effectiveness for preventing hard clinical events from …