Modified Mediterranean diet score and cardiovascular risk in a North American working population.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet is linked to lower risk for cardiovascular morbidity/mortality in studies of Mediterranean cohorts, older subjects, and/or those with existing health conditions. No studies have examined the effects of this dietary pattern in younger working populations in the United States. We investigated the effects of Mediterranean diet adherence on cardiovascular disease (CVD) biomarkers, metabolic syndrome and body composition in an occupationally active, non-Mediterranean cohort.

Methods

A cross-sectional study in a cohort of 780 career male firefighters, ages 18 years or older, from the United States Midwest. No dietary intervention was performed. A modified Mediterranean diet score (mMDS) was developed for assessment of adherenc

SUBMITTER: Yang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3913651 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature