Mediterranean Diet and the Association Between Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent experimental evidence suggests that nutritional supplementation can blunt adverse cardiopulmonary effects induced by acute air pollution exposure. However, whether usual individual dietary patterns can modify the association between long-term air pollution exposure and health outcomes has not been previously investigated. We assessed, in a large cohort with detailed diet information at the individual level, whether a Mediterranean diet modifies the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and cardiovascular disease mortality risk.

Methods

The National Institutes of Health-American Association for Retired Persons Diet and Health Study, a prospective cohort (N=548 845) across 6 states and 2 cities in the United States and with a follow-

SUBMITTER: Lim CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6453737 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature