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Table 1 Associations between Mediterranean diet 1 or olive oil intake 2 and coronary heart disease in European populations

From: Foods and food components in the Mediterranean diet: supporting overall effects

Study [reference]

Population (age)

Age (yr)

Number

Follow-up (yr)

CVD risk (HR; 95% CI)

Pvalue

EPIC Greece [5]

Greek adults

20 to 86

22,043

3.67

0.67 (0.47 to 0.94)

<0.0011

EPICOR [8]

Italian women

35 to 74

29,689

7.85

0.56 (0.31 to 0.99)

0.042

PREDIMED trial [9]

Spanish older adults (55 to 80 yr)

55 to 80

7,447

4.8

0.65 (0.47 to 0.89)

0.012

EPIC Spain [10]

Spanish adults (29 to 69 yr)

29 to 69

40,142

10.4

0.78 (0.59 to 1.03)

0.0502

  1. 1Two-point increment in Mediterranean diet score.
  2. 2Trend for upper versus lower quartile of olive oil intake.