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Title: | Mediterranean diet and white blood cell count - A randomized controlled trial. |
Author: | Hernáez Camba, Álvaro Lassale, Camille Castro Barquero, Sara Babio, Nancy Ros Rahola, Emilio Castañer, Olga Tresserra i Rimbau, Anna Pintó Sala, Xavier Martínez-González, Miguel Ángel, 1957- Corella Piquer, Dolores Salas Salvadó, Jordi Alonso Gómez, Ángel M. Lapetra, José Fiol Sala, Miguel Gómez Gracia, Enrique Serra Majem, Lluís Sacanella Meseguer, Emilio Garcia-Arellano, Ana Sorlí, José V. Díaz López, Andrés Cofán Pujol, Montserrat Estruch Riba, Ramon |
Keywords: | Leucòcits Cuina mediterrània Malalties hematològiques Leucocytes Mediterranean cooking Hematologic diseases |
Issue Date: | 2-Jun-2021 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | We aimed to assess the effects of the antioxidant-rich Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) onwhite blood cell count. Our study population included participants in the PREvención con DIetaMEDiterránea study (average age 67 years old, 58% women, high cardiovascular risk). We assessedwhether a MedDiet intervention enriched in extra-virgin olive oil or nuts, versus a low-fat controldiet, modified the incidence of leukocytosis (>11×109leukocytes/L), mild leukopenia (<4.5×109leukocytes/L), or severe leukopenia (<3.5×109leukocytes/L) in individuals without the conditionat baseline (n= 3190,n= 2925, andn= 3190, respectively). We also examined whether MedDietmodified the association between leukocyte count alterations and all-cause mortality. Both MedDietinterventions were associated with a lower risk of developing leukopenia (incidence rates: 5.06%in control diet, 3.29% in MedDiet groups combined; hazard ratio [95% confidence interval]: 0.54[0.36-0.80]) and severe leukopenia (incidence rates: 1.26% in control diet, 0.46% in MedDiet groupscombined; hazard ratio: 0.25 [0.10-0.60]). High cumulative adherence to a MedDiet was linked tolower risk of leukocytosis (incidence rates: 2.08% in quartile 1, 0.65% in quartile 4; HRQ4-Q1: 0.29[0.085-0.99]) and attenuated the association between leukopenia and all-cause mortality (P-interaction= 0.032). In brief, MedDiet decreased the incidence of white blood cell count-related alterations inhigh cardiovascular risk individuals. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061268 |
It is part of: | Foods, 2021, vol. 10, num. 6, p. 1268 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/179178 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10061268 |
ISSN: | 2304-8158 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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