SynthesisEuropean journal of epidemiology2019
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of stroke and stroke subtypes.
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- Effects of weight control interventions on cardiovascular outcomes: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on stroke risk.GeroScience · 2025Pooled it
- The role of the Mediterranean diet in reducing the risk of cognitive impairement, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis.GeroScience · 2025Pooled it
- Dietary Patterns and Cardiovascular Diseases in Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
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- Meta-analysis of fish consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer in 13 prospective studies with 1.8 million participants.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
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- The Mediterranean Diet and Cerebrovascular Risk Factors: A Lifeline for Vascular Health-Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Beneficial Effects of Olive Oil and the Mediterranean Diet on Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia: A Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Adherence to Different Dietary Patterns and Subsequent Risk of Total, Ischemic, and Hemorrhagic Stroke.Stroke · 2026Observational
- From anti-inflammation to pro-resolution: a new paradigm for specialized pro-resolving mediators in regulating neuroinflammation and repair after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease.Cardiovascular research · 2025Review
- Dietary zinc intake associated with stroke in American adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Traumatic brain injury persistently increases the incidence of both ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes: Potential mechanisms.Progress in neurobiology · 2025Review
- 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2025Review
- Impact of the Mediterranean Diet on stroke incidence and cognitive impairment in CADASIL and CAA patients: the DIETETICA study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Dissecting Causal Relationships Between Dietary Habits and Diverse Subtypes of Stroke: Mendelian Randomization Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet and Metabolites in Chronic Kidney Disease.Nutrients · 2024Article
- 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2024Review
- Dietary Salt Restriction and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet: A Single Way to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Several meta-analyses including a small number of cohorts showed inverse associations between the Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet) and risk of stroke. However, it remains unclear whether such a relation varies by region of the study population or by major subtypes of stroke. We searched PubMed and EMBASE databases for relevant studies and we further included unpublished results from the Singapore Chinese Health Study (N = 57,078) and the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) study (N = 12,670). We used a random-effects model to calculate summary relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of stroke for each 4-point increment of the MedDiet score, roughly corresponding to the difference between extreme quintiles of the MedDiet score among participants of the included studies. The final analyses included 20 prospective cohort studies involving 682,149 participants and 16,739 stroke cases. The summary RRs for each 4-point increment of the MedDiet score were 0.84 (95% CI 0.81-0.88; I
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