| Titre : | Diet and mortality in a cohort of elderly people in a North European Community. (1997) |
| Auteurs : | M. OSLER ; M. SCHROLL |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | International journal of epidemiology (vol. 26, n° 1, 1997) |
| Pagination : | 155-159 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Régime alimentaire ; Mortalité ; Epidémiologie ; Personne âgée ; Homme ; Danemark ; Europe |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST qmcR0x7K. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background. In studies from Italy and Greece a Mediterranean dietary pattern predicts overall survival. Despite an increase in the movement of food around the world, there is still a wide spectrum of dietary patterns and the aim of the present study was to examine the association between a Mediterranean dietary pattern and mortality in a cohort of elderly people living in a North European Community. Methods. Diet and nutritional status was studied among 202 men and women born 1914-1918 and living in a Danish Municipality (Roskilde) in 1988. They were followed for 6 years. Results. A diet score, with seven dietary characteristics of the Mediterranean diet, was associated with a significant reduction in overall mortality. A one unit increase in the diet score predicted a 21% (95% confidence interval 2-36%) reduction in mortality. Subjects with high diet scores ( 4) had significantly higher plasma carotene levels than those with a low score and plasma carotene was negatively associated with mortality. Conclusion. A Mediterranean diet score predicts survival in a North European population. Plasma carotene may serve as an intermediate factor in this association. |
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