Diet quality and carotid atherosclerosis in intermediate cardiovascular risk individuals

Abstract Background Diet quality indices address the diet’s complexity and are calculated by a combination of foods and/or nutrients which together represent a dietary pattern. The current study analysed the relationship between the common carotid artery intima media thickness (cIMT), the presence o...

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Main Authors: Jose I. Recio-Rodriguez, Irene A. Garcia-Yu, Rosario Alonso-Dominguez, José A. Maderuelo-Fernandez, Maria C. Patino-Alonso, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Natalia Sanchez-Aguadero, Rafel Ramos, Ruth Marti, Emiliano Rodriguez-Sanchez, Manuel A. Gómez-Marcos, Luis Garcia-Ortiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Nutrition Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12937-017-0266-1