Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet

A Multiple Testing Procedure for Clinical Trials

1979 • 3,139 citations

Mediterranean Diet, Traditional Risk Factors, and the Rate of Cardiovascular Complications After Myocardial Infarction

1999 • 2,892 citations

Mediterranean diet pyramid: a cultural model for healthy eating

1995 • 2,229 citations

Mediterranean alpha-linolenic acid-rich diet in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease

1994 • 2,133 citations

Effect of a Mediterranean-Style Diet on Endothelial Dysfunction and Markers of Vascular Inflammation in the Metabolic Syndrome

2004 • 2,063 citations

Effects of a Mediterranean-Style Diet on Cardiovascular Risk Factors

2006 • 1,625 citations

Accruing evidence on benefits of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on health: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

2010 • 1,504 citations

Major Outcomes in Moderately Hypercholesterolemic, Hypertensive Patients Randomized to Pravastatin vs Usual Care: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT-LLT)

2002 • 1,311 citations

A Short Screener Is Valid for Assessing Mediterranean Diet Adherence among Older Spanish Men and Women

2011 • 1,271 citations

A Systematic Review of the Evidence Supporting a Causal Link Between Dietary Factors and Coronary Heart Disease

2009 • 1,229 citations

Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

2006 • 1,097 citations

The Effect of Mediterranean Diet on Metabolic Syndrome and its Components

2011 • 1,004 citations

Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes With the Mediterranean Diet

2010 • 819 citations

Relative validity of a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire in an elderly Mediterranean population of Spain

2010 • 759 citations

Food synergy: an operational concept for understanding nutrition

2009 • 596 citations

Cohort Profile: Design and methods of the PREDIMED study

2010 • 553 citations

Scientific Evidence of Interventions Using the Mediterranean Diet: A Systematic Review

2006 • 515 citations

Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of developing diabetes: prospective cohort study

2008 • 499 citations

Effect of a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented With Nuts on Metabolic Syndrome Status

2008 • 445 citations

Effect of a Traditional Mediterranean Diet on Lipoprotein Oxidation

2007 • 419 citations

Anatomy of health effects of Mediterranean diet: Greek EPIC prospective cohort study

2009 • 411 citations

The Role of Tree Nuts and Peanuts in the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease: Multiple Potential Mechanisms

2008 • 405 citations

Lyon Diet Heart Study

2001 • 394 citations

An update on regional variation in cardiovascular mortality within Europe

2007 • 295 citations

The Medi-RIVAGE study: reduction of cardiovascular disease risk factors after a 3-mo intervention with a Mediterranean-type diet or a low-fat diet

2005 • 276 citations

Mediterranean and Low-Fat Diets Improve Endothelial Function in Hypercholesterolemic Men

2001 • 258 citations

Inhibition of circulating immune cell activation: a molecular antiinflammatory effect of the Mediterranean diet

2008 • 257 citations

Prevention and control of type 2 diabetes by Mediterranean diet: A systematic review

2010 • 191 citations

A Large Randomized Individual and Group Intervention Conducted by Registered Dietitians Increased Adherence to Mediterranean-Type Diets: The PREDIMED Study

2008 • 185 citations

Fruit, vegetables, and olive oil and risk of coronary heart disease in Italian women: the EPICOR Study

2010 • 163 citations

Scientific Evidence of Interventions Using the Mediterranean Diet: A Systematic Review

2006 • 146 citations

Olive oil intake and mortality within the Spanish population (EPIC-Spain)

2012 • 142 citations

Nuts and Berries for Heart Health

2010 • 126 citations

Olive oil consumption, plasma oleic acid, and stroke incidence

2011 • 117 citations

Olive oil intake and CHD in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Spanish cohort

2012 • 91 citations

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet in relation to acute coronary syndrome or stroke nonfatal events: A comparative analysis of a case/case-control study

2011 • 63 citations