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  • Does the Mediterranean diet counteract the adverse effects of abdominal adiposity?
    Eguaras, Sonia; Toledo, Estefania; Buil-Cosiales, Pilar; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; Corella, Dolores; Gutierrez-Bedmar, Mario; Santos-Lozano, José; Arós, Fernando; Fiol, Miquel; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Ros, Emilio; Serra-Majem, Luis; Pinto, Xavier; Martínez, José Alfredo; Sorlí, José Vicente; Muñoz, Miguel Ángel; Basora, Josep; Estruch, Ramón; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; PREDIMED investigators (Elsevier, 2015)
    BACKGROUND AND AIM: We tested the hypothesis that an intervention with a Mediterranean diet (MeDiet) could mitigate the well-known harmful effects of abdominal obesity on cardiovascular health. METHODS AND RESULTS: We ...
  • Effects of a mediterranean eating plan on the need for glucose-lowering medications in participants with type 2 diabetes: a subgroup analysis of the PREDIMED trial
    Basterra-Gortari, F. Javier; Ruiz-Canela, Miguel; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Babio, Nancy; Sorlí, José Vicente; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Ros, Emilio; Gómez-Gracia, Enrique; Fiol, Miquel; Lapetra, José; Estruch, Ramón; Serra-Majem, Luis; Pinto, Xavier; González, José I.; Bulló, Mònica; Castañer, Olga; Alonso-Gómez, Ángel; Forga, Luis; Arós, Fernando; PREDIMED investigators (American Diabetes Association, 2019)
    OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of two Mediterranean eating plans (Med-EatPlans) versus a low-fat eating plan on the need for glucose-lowering medications. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: From the Prevención con Dieta ...
  • Effects of polyphenol, measured by a biomarker of total polyphenols in urine, on cardiovascular risk factors after a long-term follow-up in the PREDIMED Study.
    Guo, Xiaohui; Tresserra-Rimbau, Anna; Estruch, Ramón; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Medina-Remón, Alexander; Castañer, Olga; Corella, Dolores; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; Lamuela-Raventós, Rosa M. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016)
    Several epidemiological studies have shown an inverse association between the consumption of polyphenol-rich foods and risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, accuracy and reliability of these studies may be increased ...
  • Egg consumption and cardiovascular disease according to diabetic status: The PREDIMED study
    Díez-Espino, J.; Basterra-Gortari, F. Javier; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; Buil-Cosiales, Pilar; Corella, Dolores; Schröder, Helmut, 1958-; Estruch, Ramón; Ros, Emilio; Gómez-Gracia, Enrique; Arós, Fernando; Fiol, Miquel; Lapetra, José; Serra-Majem, Luis; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Babio, Nancy; Quiles, Laura; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Martí, Amelia; Toledo, Estefania; PREDIMED investigators (Elsevier, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Eggs are a major source of dietary cholesterol and their consumption has been sometimes discouraged. A relationship between egg consumption and the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been suggested ...
  • Energy balance and risk of mortality in spanish older adults
    Lassale, Camille; Hernáez, Álvaro; Toledo, Estefania; Castañer, Olga; Sorlí, José Vicente; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Estruch, Ramón; Ros, Emilio; Alonso-Gómez, Ángel; Lapetra, José; Cueto, Raquel; Fiol, Miquel; Serra Majem, Lluís; Pinto, Xavier; Gea, Alfredo; Corella, Dolores; Babio, Nancy; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Schröder, Helmut, 1958- (MDPI, 2021)
    Clinical data on the direct health effects of energy deficit or surplus beyond its impact on body weight are scarce. We aimed to assess the association with all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality of (1) sustained ...
  • Extra virgin olive oil consumption reduces the risk of osteoporotic fractures in the PREDIMED trial
    García-Gavilán, J.F.; Bulló, Mònica; Canudas i Puig, Sílvia; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Estruch, Ramón; Giardina, S.; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Corella, Dolores; Ros, Emilio; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi (Elsevier, 2018)
    BACKGROUND & AIMS: The incidence of osteoporotic fractures is lower in countries in the Mediterranean basin. Virgin olive oil, a key component of the Mediterranean Diet (MDiet), with recognised beneficial effects on ...
  • Factores de riesgo asociados diferencialmente a la enfermedad de hígado graso no alcohólico en hombres y mujeres con síndrome metabólico
    Bullón Vela, María Vanessa; Abete, Itziar; Zulet, M. Angeles; Tur, J. Antoni; Pinto, Xavier; Corbella, Emili; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Corella, Dolores; Macías-González, Manuel; Tinahones Madueño, Francisco José; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Estruch, Ramón; Ros, Emilio; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; Daimiel, Lidia; Martínez, José Alfredo (Grupo Aran, 2020)
    Introducción: el hígado graso no alcohólico (HGNA) es una enfermedad hepática crónica más prevalente en los países occidentales. Objetivos: evaluar factores de riesgo asociados a HGNA en hombres y mujeres diagnosticados ...
  • Fatty acids composition of blood cell membranes and peripheral inflammation in the PREDIMED Study: a cross-sectional analysis
    Muralidharan, Jananee; Papandreou, Christopher; Sala Vila, Aleix; Rosique-Esteban, Nuria; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Estruch, Ramón; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Corella, Dolores; Ros, Emilio; Razquin, Cristina; Castañer, Olga; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; Bulló, Mònica (MDPI, 2019)
    There is limited evidence from epidemiological studies for the inflammatory or anti-inflammatory properties of fatty acids in blood cell membranes. Therefore, this study examined associations between baseline (n = 282) and ...
  • Frequent Consumption of Sugar- and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Natural and Bottled Fruit Juices Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in a Mediterranean Population at High Cardiovascular Disease Risk
    Ferreira Pêgo, Cíntia; Babio, Nancy; Bes-Rastrollo, Maira; Corella, Dolores; Estruch, Ramón; Ros, Emilio; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Serra Majem, Lluís; Arós, Fernando; Fiol, Miquel; Santos-Lozano, José; Muñoz-Bravo, Carlos; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Ruiz-Canela, Miguel; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; PREDIMED investigators (American Society for Nutrition, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: The relation between the consumption of sweetened beverages and metabolic syndrome (MetS) is controversial. OBJECTIVE: This analysis evaluated the associations between intakes of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), ...
  • Impact of Consuming Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts within a Mediterranean Diet on DNA Methylation in Peripheral White Blood Cells within the PREDIMED-Navarra Randomized Controlled Trial: A Role for Dietary Lipids
    Arpón, Ana; Milagro, Fermín I.; Razquin, Cristina; Corella, Dolores; Estruch, Ramón; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Martí, Amelia; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Ros, Emilio; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Riezu-Boj, José-Ignacio; Martínez, José Alfredo (MDPI, 2017)
    DNA methylation could be reversible and mouldable by environmental factors, such as dietary exposures. The objective was to analyse whether an intervention with two Mediterranean diets, one rich in extra-virgin olive oil ...
  • Influence of lifestyle factors and staple foods from the Mediterranean diet on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among older individuals with metabolic syndrome features
    Bullón Vela, María Vanessa; Abete, Itziar; Tur, J. Antoni; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Corbella, Emili; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Toledo, Estefania; Corella, Dolores; Macías-González, Manuel; Tinahones Madueño, Francisco José; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Estruch, Ramón; Ros, Emilio; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Daimiel, Lidia; Zulet, M. Angeles; Martínez, José Alfredo; PREDIMED-PLUS investigators (Elsevier, 2021)
    Objective: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver morbidity. This condition often is accompanied by obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome (MetS). The aim of this study was ...
  • Legume consumption and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in the PREDIMED study
    Papandreou, Christopher; Becerra-Tomás, Nerea; Bulló, Mònica; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Corella, Dolores; Estruch, Ramón; Ros, Emilio; Arós, Fernando; Schröder, Helmut, 1958-; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Serra-Majem, Luis; Lapetra, José; Fiol, Miquel; Ruiz-Canela, Miguel; Sorlí, José Vicente; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi (Elsevier, 2019)
    BACKGROUND & AIMS: Limited prospective studies have examined the association between legumes consumption and mortality, whereas scarce, if at all, previous studies have evaluated such associations taking into consideration ...
  • Leisure time physical activity is associated with improved HDL functionality in high cardiovascular risk individuals: a cohort study
    Hernáez, Álvaro; Soria-Florido, Maria; Castañer, Olga; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Estruch, Ramón; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Corella, Dolores; Alonso-Gómez, Ángel; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Schröder, Helmut, 1958-; Ros, Emilio; Serra Majem, Lluís; Fiol, Miquel; Lapetra, José; Gómez Gracia, Enrique; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Lassale, Camille (Oxford University Press, 2021)
    Aims: Physical activity has consistently been shown to improve cardiovascular health and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels. However, only small and heterogeneous studies have investigated the effect of exercise ...
  • Longitudinal association of changes in diet with changes in body weight and waist circumference in subjects at high cardiovascular risk: the PREDIMED trial
    Konieczna, Jadwiga; Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Pereira, Verónica; Fiol, Miquel; Razquin, Cristina; Estruch, Ramón; Asensio, Eva María; Babio, Nancy; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Gómez Gracia, Enrique; Ros, Emilio; Lapetra, José; Arós, Fernando; Serra Majem, Lluís; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Toledo, Estefania; Sorlí, José Vicente; Bulló, Mònica; Schröder, Helmut, 1958-; Martínez-González, Miguel A. (BioMed Central, 2019)
    Background: Consumption of certain foods is associated with long-term weight gains and abdominal fat accumulation in healthy, middle-aged and young, non-obese participants. Whether the same foods might be associated with ...
  • Low serum iron levels and risk of cardiovascular disease in high risk elderly population: Nested case-control study in the PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea (PREDIMED) trial
    Gutierrez Bedmar, Mario; Olmedo, Pablo; Gil, Fernando; Ruiz-Canela, Miguel; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Babio, Nancy; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Del Val, José Luis; Corella, Dolores; Sorlí, José Vicente; Ros, Emilio; Fiol, Miquel; Estruch, Ramón; Lapetra, José; Arós, Fernando; Serra Majem, Lluís; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Gómez Gracia, Enrique (Elsevier, 2021)
    Background & aims: Epidemiological data on iron status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are still controversial. The aim of this study was to determine whether low serum iron (SI) levels are associated with an increased ...
  • Mediterranean diet and age-related cognitive decline: a randomized clinical trial
    Valls Pedret, Cinta; Sala Vila, Aleix; Serra-Mir, Mercè; Corella, Dolores; Torre Fornell, Rafael de la; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Martínez Lapiscina, Elena H.; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Pérez Heras, Ana; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; Estruch, Ramón; Ros, Emilio (American Medical Association, 2015)
    IMPORTANCE: Oxidative stress and vascular impairment are believed to partly mediate age-related cognitive decline, a strong risk factor for development of dementia. Epidemiologic studies suggest that a Mediterranean diet, ...
  • Mediterranean diet and physical activity decrease the initiation of cardiovascular drug use in high cardiovascular risk individuals: a cohort study
    Ribó Coll, Margarita; Castro-Barquero, Sara; Lassale, Camille; Sacanella, Emilio; Ros, Emilio; Toledo, Estefania; Sorlí, José Vicente; Díaz López, Andrés; Lapetra, José; Muñoz-Bravo, Carlos; Arós, Fernando; Fiol, Miquel; Serra Majem, Lluís; Pinto, Xavier; Castañer, Olga; Fernández Lázaro, César I.; Portolés, Olga; Babio, Nancy; Estruch, Ramón; Hernáez, Álvaro (MDPI, 2021)
    Our aim was to assess whether long-term adherence to a Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) were associated with a lower initiation of cardiovascular drug use. We studied the association ...
  • Mediterranean diet and risk of heart failure: results from the PREDIMED randomized controlled trial
    Papadaki, Angeliki; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Alonso-Gómez, Ángel; Rekondo, Javier; Salas-Salvadó, Jordi; Corella, Dolores; Ros, Emilio; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat; Estruch, Ramón; Lapetra, José; García-Rodriguez, Antonio; Fiol, Miquel; Serra Majem, Lluís; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Ruiz-Canela, Miguel; Bulló, Mònica; Serra-Mir, Mercè; Sorlí, José Vicente; Arós, Fernando (Wiley, 2017)
    AIMS: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) on the incidence of heart failure (HF), a pre-specified secondary outcome in the PREDIMED (PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea) primary ...
  • Mediterranean diet and white blood cell count-A randomized controlled trial
    Hernáez, Álvaro; Lassale, Camille; Castañer, Olga; Estruch, Ramón (MDPI, 2021)
    We aimed to assess the effects of the antioxidant-rich Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) on white blood cell count. Our study population included participants in the PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea study (average age 67 years ...
  • Mediterranean diet improves high-density lipoprotein function in high-cardiovascular-risk Individuals: a randomized controlled trial
    Hernáez, Álvaro; Castañer, Olga; Elosua Llanos, Roberto; Pintó Sala, Xavier; Estruch, Ramón; Salas Salvadó, Jordi; Corella, Dolores; Arós, Fernando; Serra Majem, Lluís; Fiol, Miquel; Ortega Calvo, Manuel; Ros, Emilio; Martínez-González, Miguel A.; Torre Fornell, Rafael de la; López-Sabater, M. Carmen; Fitó Colomer, Montserrat (American Hearth Association, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: The biological functions of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) contribute to explaining the cardioprotective role of the lipoprotein beyond quantitative HDL cholesterol levels. A few small-scale interventions ...