Background Cardiovascular risk is modifiable by changes in lifestyle and pharmacological
management, with hypertension being a common pathology worldwide. Its treatment must …

Objective To investigate differences between men and women with regard to changes in
metabolic parameters associated with cardiovascular risks in response to a 4‐week …

Objective: To examine in older individuals at high cardiovascular risk whether following a
Mediterranean diet decreased the necessity of antihypertensive drugs and modulated their …

Background Lipid metabolites may partially explain the inverse association between the
Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Objective We evaluated …

The aim of this work was to evaluate factors associated with arterial blood pressure in a
sample of older Mediterranean people without known cardiovascular disease. During 2005 …

Background and aim Although lifestyle factors have been repeatedly examined for their role
on cardiovascular diseases, their composite effect has not been frequently explored. We …

Objective: Triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are known to be
risk factors for cardiovascular disease. However, there has been limited knowledge on the …

The PREDIMED study was designed to evaluate the long-term effect of different components
of the Mediterranean diet (MedD) on the incidence of cardiovascular events in patients at …

Atherosclerosis—considered the major cause of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)—is
strongly associated with obesity, to which it strongly contributes. Moreover, atherosclerosis is …

Background increased carotid íntima-media thickness (IMT) is a marker of atherosclerosis
and a predictor of future cardiovascular events. Although a beneficial effect of Mediterranean …