mediterranean diet

mediterranean diet

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

Antonia Trichopoulou, professor¹, Christina Bamia, lecturer¹, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, professor2

¹ Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens, Medical School, 115 27 Athens, Greece, ² Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Correspondence to: D Trichopoulos,

Objective To investigate the relative importance of the individual components of the Mediterranean diet in generating the inverse association of increased adherence to this diet and overall mortality.

Design Prospective cohort study.

Setting Greek segment of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC).

Participants 23 349 men and women, not previously diagnosed with cancer, coronary heart disease, or diabetes, with documented survival status until June 2008 and complete information on nutritional variables and important covariates at enrolment.