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Abstract
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Question
Does a Mediterranean diet and healthy lifestyle reduce mortality rate in people aged 70 to 90 years?
Study design
Cohort study.
Main results
At 10 years, Mediterranean diet, moderate alcohol intake, physical activity and not smoking were associated with lower all cause mortality, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer in elderly European people (see results table). The combined effects of all four low risk diet and lifestyle factors significantly lowered all cause mortality rate (HR 0.4; 95%CI 0.3 to 0.5).
Authors' conclusions
A Mediterranean diet and healthy lifestyle, which involves moderate alcohol intake, physical activity and no smoking, is associated with a lower risk of death in people aged 70 to 90 years. |