Development of a short dietary intake questionnaire for the quantitative estimation of adherence to a cardioprotective Mediterranean diet

Our objective was to develop a short questionnaire that can be easily used to estimate quantitatively the level of adherence to cardioprotective Mediterranean diets. The short questionnaire assessed the consumption of cardioprotective elements included in the Mediterranean diet (olive oil, wine, fru...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2004-11, Vol.58 (11), p.1550-1552
Main Authors: Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A, Fernandez-Jarne, E, Serrano-Martinez, M, Wright, M, Gomez-Gracia, E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Case studies
Case-Control Studies
Clinical Nutrition
Confidence intervals
Consumption
Coronary heart disease
Diet
Diet, Mediterranean
Dietary intake
Diets
Epidemiology
Fats and oils
Female
Fish
Fish oils
Food
Food intake
Fruit
Fruits
Grain
Heart
Heart attacks
Humans
Ingestion
Internal Medicine
Legumes
Male
Meat
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology
Myocardial Infarction - etiology
Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies
Nutrition
Odds Ratio
Olive Oil
Patient Compliance
Plant Oils - administration & dosage
Public Health
Questionnaires
Risk
Risk factors
short-communication
Spain - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Vegetables
Vitaceae
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Summary:Our objective was to develop a short questionnaire that can be easily used to estimate quantitatively the level of adherence to cardioprotective Mediterranean diets. The short questionnaire assessed the consumption of cardioprotective elements included in the Mediterranean diet (olive oil, wine, fruits, vegetables, fish, legumes and whole-grain intake). A low consumption of meat or meat-products was also included in the composite score. The relative risk of myocardial infarction for each category of the composite score obtained (range 0-9) was computed using data from a case-control study that included 171 cases of first myocardial infarction and 171 matched controls. We found an adjusted odds ratio=0.18 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.03-0.97; P=0.04) for those scoring 7-9 points when comparing them with those scoring 1-2 points. An increment of one point in the score was associated with an 18% reduction in the relative risk of myocardial infarction (P=0.05). Sponsorship: University of Navarre.
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602004