Mediterranean diet and survival

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Hi All,

It may serve to include:

Table 4 Median and mean (standard deviation) daily intake of selected food

groups and associated mortality ratio (95%confidence intervals) for chosen

increment in EPIC-elderly study

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Food group intake (g/d)----Men Women----Chosen increment* Mortality ratio

(95%CI)**

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---------------------------------------Median Mean (SD) -----------------

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Potatoes 115.1 127.2 (90.9) 75.4 87.8 (67.2) 78 1.01 (0.98 to 1.05)

Vegetables 156.8 198.5 (149.3) 183.8 218.6 (141.9) 145 0.94 (0.90 to

0.98)

Legumes 3.3 12.2 (23.0) 5.0 10.7 (16.8) 19 1.02 (0.99 to 1.06)

Fruits 176.7 232.5 (199.4) 245.7 280.4 (188.4) 193 0.96 (0.92 to 0.99)

Dairy products 285.7 336.7 (251.9) 301.1 341.4 (228.1) 239 1.03 (0.99 to

1.07)

Cereals 212.0 230.4 (115.4) 168.4 185.1 (92.9) 104 0.94 (0.91 to 0.98)

Meat 111.6 119.4 (62.4) 82.2 86.8 (46.7) 55 1.03 (0.99 to 1.07)

Fish 32.2 40.7 (35.0) 26.9 33.5 (28.2) 31 1.00 (0.97 to 1.04)

Eggs 13.1 17.9 (17.9) 12.6 16.6 (16.9) 17 1.04 (1.01 to 1.07)

Confectionery 33.9 43.2 (37.3) 29.0 35.7 (30.3) 33 0.99 (0.96 to 1.03)

Non-alcoholic beverages 1030.5 1065.6 (722.7) 1132.8 1157.8 (770.7) 750

1.02 (0.98 to 1.07)

Monounsaturated lipids 32.2 34.4 (13.7) 25.6 27.6 (11.1) 12 1.05 (0.99 to

1.11)

Saturated lipids ***Ô32.4 34.6 (14.2) 27.0 28.5 (11.3) 13 1.07 (1.02 to

1.12)

Polyunsaturated lipids 13.8 15.2 (6.8) 11.5 12.6 (5.8) 6 0.99 (0.96 to

1.03)

Lipid ratios:

Monounsaturated to saturated lipids 0.9 1.1 (0.4) 0.9 1.0 (0.4) 0.4

0.93 (0.88 to 0.99)

Unsaturated to saturated lipids 1.4 1.5 (0.5) 1.4 1.5 (0.5) 0.5 0.95

(0.91 to 0.99)

Energy intake (MJ) 9.609 9.820 (2.616) 7.786 8.004 (2.162) 2.492 1.01

(0.98 to 1.05)

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EPIC=European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition.

*Arbitrary chosen number around average of within sex standard deviation.

**Stratified by country and adjusted for sex,age (60-64,65-69,70-74,and

+/>75,categorically),diabetes mellitus at baseline (yes,no) ,waist to hip

ratio (in ordered fifths) ,body mass index (in ordered

fifths) ,educational achievement (none or primary school,technical

school,secondary school,university degree,categorically) ,smoking status

(never,former,and four categories of current smoker (cigarettes per

day) :1-10,11-20,21-30,and >30,ordered) ,physical activity at occupation

(retired or sedentary occupation,standing occupation,manual work,and heavy

manual work,categorically) ,physical activity score at leisure (in centre

and sex specific thirds,categorically) ,alcohol intake

(low,moderate,high,categorically) ,and total energy intake (in ordered

fifths) except for energy intake.Not mutually adjusted.

***All sources.

Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...

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[Guest guest]

> > Hi All,

> >

> > Thank you for the head-up on this below pdf-available article,

> Rodney, and

> > providing the article in the popular press:

> >

> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4423271.stm

> >

> > From the available pdf, comes:

> >

> > What is already known on this topic

> >

> > Small cohort studies have shown that Mediterranean type

> > diets increase longevity

> > No international study with assured comparability of

> > dietary information through calibration has been

> > undertaken

> >

> > What this study adds

> >

> > Qualitative aspects of diet predict overall death rate and

> > hence survival

> > A dietary pattern that resembles that of the Mediterranean

> > is associated with a lower overall death rate

> > Polyunsaturated lipids are an acceptable substitute when

> > monounsaturated lipids are not readily available

> >

> > BMJ Online First bmj.com 7 pages

> > Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective

> cohort study

> > Antonia Trichopoulou et al and Dimitrios Trichopoulos

> >

> > Objective To examine whether adherence to the modified

> Mediterranean diet, in

> > which unsaturates were substituted for monounsaturates, is

> associated with longer

> > life expectancy among elderly Europeans.

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