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Modelling the role of dietary habits and eating behaviours on the development of acute coronary syndrome or stroke: aims, design, and validation properties of a case-control study.
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PMID:  20871842     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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In this paper the methodology and procedures of a case-control study that will be developed for assessing the role of dietary habits and eating behaviours on the development of acute coronary syndrome and stroke is presented. Based on statistical power calculations, 1000 participants will be enrolled; of them, 250 will be consecutive patients with a first acute coronary event, 250 consecutive patients with a first ischaemic stroke, and 500 population-based healthy subjects (controls), age and sex matched to the cases. Socio-demographic, clinical, dietary, psychological, and other lifestyle characteristics will be measured. Dietary habits and eating behaviours will be evaluated with a special questionnaire that has been developed for the study.
Authors:
Christina-Maria Kastorini; Haralampos J Milionis; John A Goudevenos; Demosthenes B Panagiotakos
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-09-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cardiology research and practice     Volume:  2011     ISSN:  2090-0597     ISO Abbreviation:  Cardiol Res Pract     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-27     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101516542     Medline TA:  Cardiol Res Pract     Country:  Egypt    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
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