Yannis Kogias

..However, it is still unclear whether olive oil's monounsaturated fatty acid content or its antioxidant components are responsible for its beneficial effects...

..These findings may state a hypothesis that the consumption of fat only from meat or its products seems to increase the burden of CVD risk factors among CVD-free, elderly people...

..The aim of the present work was to evaluate the relationships between socio-demographic, clinical, lifestyle and depression status and the presence of hypercholesterolemia, among elderly individuals without known CVD...

..A comprehensive approach based on the aspects of bio-social life may result in more accurate CVD risk management...

..In this work we present the design, methodology of the study and various baseline characteristics of people with ACS...

..We sought to evaluate the link between long-term tea intake and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, in a sample of elderly adults...

..We also evaluated the association of several socio-demographic, dietary and lifestyle habits on the incidence of this disorder...

..7 times more likely to have diabetes (p < 0.05). Our findings support the notion of a beneficial effect of physical activity on the burden of diabetes in the elderly...

..The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between symptoms of depression and the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in older adults...

..Elevated dietary antioxidant activity has been regarded as providing potential benefits to health. The present work aimed at evaluating the association of glycemic indices with total dietary antioxidant capacity in healthy adults...

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..Older people, with low education, abdominal obesity, lower adherence to the Mediterranean diet, and increased inflammation, constitute a model of prehypertensive individuals that are prone to develop hypertension...

..In conclusion, aging, central fat, hypertension and diabetes, inflammation process, low social status and abstinence from a Mediterranean diet seem to predict CVD events within a 5-year period...

..We aimed to evaluate the association between renal function and various cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, as well as 5-year incidence of CVD, in a sample of CVD free adults...

..Conclusively, our study suggests that lifestyle factors play an important role in determining BP levels in children; a finding that underlines the importance of lifestyle modifications in children...

..Dietary and genetic factors may influence the effect of raised homocysteine concentrations on coronary artery disease risk...

..In this work we present the design and the methodology of the study, as well as the status of various baseline characteristics of the participants...

..We sought to investigate the association of Mediterranean diet on clinical status of 150 elderly men and women...

..As coronary heart disease is increasingly seen as an inflammation process, we evaluated the hypothesis whether physical activity reduces coronary heart disease risk by modifying the levels of inflammatory and coagulation markers...

..The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between meat consumption and the prevalence of a first, non-fatal event of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), in a Greek sample...

..The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two diets differing in protein to fat ratios on cardiovascular disease risk factors...

..e., Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and Receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL) and serum adipokines (leptin, adiponectin) levels in a sample of apparently healthy women...

..Thus, the objective of this work was to describe lifestyle characteristics of a representative segment of Cypriot school children and provide implications for school health education...

..We evaluated the prevalence of obesity in relation to adherence to a Mediterranean diet...

..Choline and betaine are found in a variety of plant and animal foods and were recently shown to be associated with decreased homocysteine concentrations...

..This may partly explain the beneficial actions of this diet on the cardiovascular system...

..The Mediterranean diet (MD) prototype is widely used as an educational tool in public health programmes; few studies, however, have been conducted on the adherence of children to this diet...

..In this study, we evaluated the effect of leisure time physical activity (PA) and the Mediterranean diet (MD) on the prevalence of the MS...

..We sought to evaluate the association between physical activity levels and the clinical outcome at presentation, as well as the 30-day prognosis of hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS)...

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..We aimed to investigate if overweight and obese adults "close" to Mediterranean diet present better insulin, lipids profile and better pressure levels, compared to individuals close to a more Westernized diet...

..The suggested J-shaped association between coffee consumption and the risk of developing acute coronary syndromes may partially explain the conflicting results from other studies in the past...

..Dietary habits have long been associated with many manifestations of cardiovascular disease...

..This may raise a hypothesis of a pathway leading to increased cardiovascular events in anxious individuals...

..We evaluated the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes, in a Greek adult population, in relation to physical activity and dietary habits...

..Low-to-moderate intake seems to be associated with a reduction in the prevalence of ACS in diabetes, whereas higher consumption is associated with an increase in lipids and blood pressure levels, and also the risk of developing ACS...

..We investigated the association between adherence to Mediterranean diet and fasting indices of glucose homoeostasis, in a Greek adult population...

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..The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between the pattern of edible oils and fats consumption and the prevalence of a first, nonfatal event of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in a Greek sample...

..To develop an index that assesses the degree of adherence to nutritional recommendations for older adults (Elderly Dietary Index [EDI]) and investigate its association with risk factors related to cardiovascular disease (CVD)...

..The Foods E-KINDEX score is independently associated with lower BP among healthy children. This finding might have implications in public health and should be further explored...

..CONCLUSIONS: A relation exists between moderate-to-high coffee consumption and increased inflammation process. This relation could explain, in part, the effect of increased coffee intake on the cardiovascular system...

..Our aim was to evaluate whether healthy dietary habits, physical activity and non-smoking are associated with less severe acute coronary syndromes and better short-term prognosis...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in a population-based sample of Greek adults...

..The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between socio-economic status (SES) and clinical and biochemical factors related to coronary heart disease, in a sample of cardiovascular disease-free men and women...

..We investigated the association between adherence to the MD and obesity status in children...

..It could be hypothesized that a disproportionate accumulation of visceral fat mass could be partially associated with increased coronary risk, through inflammation process...

..5). People who were not-married and depressed at the time of an acute cardiac episode were at higher risk of fatal events than people who were married, irrespective of depression status and other characteristics...

..In this study, we evaluated the levels of inflammatory, lipidaemic and glycaemic control markers in subjects with and without MS, as given by different definitions...

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..Dietary habits have been associated with the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome...

..Our findings may be of clinical importance, as they suggest that prehypertension might be a pro-inflammatory condition...

..Low glucose concentrations at hospital admission in nondiabetic post-ACS patients is a predictor for the appearance of left ventricular dysfunction, and could be a target marker for risk stratification...

..The aims of the present work were to investigate whether dietary habits are associated with socio-economic status (SES), and if they modify the relationship between SES and CVD risk factors, in a sample of men and women free from known CVD...

..We sought to evaluate the accuracy of a diet score in relation to hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and obesity...

..Tea intake has been associated with lower risk of mortality and morbidity in some, but not all studies. We evaluated the association between tea intake, blood glucose levels, in a sample of elderly adults...

..We also evaluated the effect of several socio-demographic, dietary and lifestyle habits on lipid levels...

..However, an apparent leveling off in obesity rates for the past 4 consecutive years was documented for the first time in both genders...

..Prevalence of OW/OB was related to socio-demographic factors, especially among adults and women...

..Thus the Mediterranean diet protects against the development of coronary heart disease not only because of its beneficial role regarding cardiovascular risk factors, but also due to a possible effect on body weight and obesity...

..The aim of the present work was to evaluate the effect of adding resistance exercise to aerobic activities on lipid-lipoprotein profile, in a representative sample of men and women from the province of Attica, Greece...

..It is unknown whether the effect is a result of increased protein or reduced carbohydrate. The present study aimed to compare the effects of two meals differing in protein to fat ratios on post-prandial glucose and insulin responses...

..We sought to investigate the effect of secondhand smoke exposure on inflammatory markers related to cardiovascular disease...

..The present study focuses on testing the association of hostility with plasma homocysteine levels in a general population sample...

..02). CONCLUSION: Greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with elevated TAC levels and low oxidized LDL-cholesterol concentrations, which may explain the beneficial role of this diet on the cardiovascular system...

..To evaluate the effect of anthropometric indices in the 5-year incidence of hypertension, in a sample of cardiovascular disease-free adults...

..In this work, we evaluated the relationship between the levels of inflammation markers and MTHFR genotype among cardiovascular disease free subjects of the ATTICA study...

..ALA may have beneficial effects on inflammation in dyslipidemic carriers of the apo epsilon3/epsilon3 and epsilon3/epsilon4 genotypes, but not in carriers of the epsilon2 allele...

..We evaluated the effect of the point mutation of guanine to thymine at nucleotide position 894 (G894T) of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene on inflammatory and oxidative stress markers...

..The aim of this work was to investigate whether clinical characteristics and dietary habits influence the association between education status and 5-year incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD)...

..The aim was to evaluate the dietary habits and some lifestyle characteristics of Greek adolescents 12-17 years of age in relation to the prevalence of overweight/obesity...

..CONCLUSIONS: Fish consumption was independently associated with lower inflammatory markers levels, among healthy adults. The strength and consistency of this finding has implications for public health and should be explored further...

..We aimed to evaluate the prevalence, frequency and type of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among adults in Greece, as well as its relationship with socio-demographic, lifestyle and clinical characteristics of these people...

..We evaluated the interaction between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and region of Greece on the likelihood of having acute coronary syndromes (ACS)...

..The latter may suggest a pathway for reducing cardiovascular events, even in high-risk people...

..To evaluate the status of overweight and obesity in a Greek random sample...

..This study sought to determine whether an association exists between available nutritional services and older people's health status in selected Greek islands and the Cyprus Republic...

..For this reason, this study investigated the relationship between long-term animal-protein intake and diabetes in elderly individuals with no known cardiovascular disease...

..This study aimed at evaluating the relationship of adiponectin concentration with total dietary antioxidant capacity in free-living, apparently healthy adults from the ATTICA study...

..Animal studies suggest that liver weight is directly related to hepatic very low-density lipoprotein-triglyceride (VLDL-TG) secretion, independently of body size. This relationship has never been examined in humans...

..In this report we perform an historical throwback in Byzantine years in order to explore the link regarding the aspects of obesity in these years and in modem era...

..We evaluated the association of obesity with serum total antioxidant capacity (TAC), in a population-based sample of 3042 adults...

..We sought to evaluate the relationship between selected lifestyle and socio-economic characteristics and dietary habits of Greek adolescents...

..Thus we evaluated the association between hostility and inflammation (thrombotic marker) in a population-based sample of males and females with no clinical evidence of cardiovascular disease...

..42, 95% CI 0.22-0.83, p = 0.01). Our data indicate that FXIII Val34Leu polymorphism has a protective effect against the development of MI under the age of 36 years, particularly in the setting of significant CHD...

..We sought to evaluate factors that are associated with physical activity changes among adults within a 5-year period...

..A study to evaluate the link between long-term fish intake and health status in a sample of elderly adults was undertaken...

..We sought to investigate the relationship between fish consumption and the risk of developing non-fatal acute coronary syndromes (ACS) among current smokers...

..05). We revealed a sex-related difference in the profile of clinical characteristics and other cardiovascular risk factors in hospitalized patients for ACS...

..Our findings illustrate the importance of the Mediterranean diet in the primary prevention of acute coronary events...

..These findings should be taken into account when evaluating BP measurements in children and adolescents in clinical practice...

..The aim of our study was the assessment of the association between extracurricular sports participation with the obesity status among Greek schoolchildren aged 10-12 years...

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..Arterial blood pressure was measured at the beginning and at the end of the dietary intervention period...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the association between occupational stress and the risk of developing acute coronary syndromes, in a population-based sample of patients and controls...

..The aim of this review is to critically present commonly used statistical methods in reliability and validity studies...

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..The latter may indicate the mutual confounding effect of various socio-demographic, anthropometric and other clinical characteristics on the relationship between homocysteine and cardiovascular risk...

..In this work we assessed a risk score for developing a first event of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) based on the family history of the cardiovascular risk factors...

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