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The Role of Energy Balance in Successful Aging : The Multinational MEDIS Study

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of energy balance in successful aging, in a random sample of older individuals living in the Mediterranean basin. 2,663 older (aged 65-100 years) adults from 21 Mediterranean islands and

Factors Associated With Components of Arterial Pressure Among Older Individuals (the Multinational MEDIS Study): The Role of the Mediterranean Diet and Alcohol Consumption

The purpose of this work was to determine which factors are associated with arterial blood pressure in a sample of older Mediterranean individuals without known cardiovascular disease. 2813 older adults (aged 65–100 years) from 22 Mediterranean islands and the rural

Correlates of low dietary energy reporting amongst community living older people: The MEDIS study

This study aims at evaluating the prevalence of low energy reporting (LER) and associations between LER and several lifestyle, psychological and clinical factors, in older people living in eastern Mediterranean islands. 1190 men and women, (65–100 years), were enrolled in

Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet and Survival in a Greek Population.

This prospective study involved 22,043 adults in Greece who completed a food-frequency questionnaire at base line in order to assess adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet as well as the relation between diet and total mortality, mortality due to coronary

Association between siesta (daytime sleep), dietary patterns and the presence of metabolic syndrome in elderly living in the Mediterranean area (MEDIS study): The moderating effect of gender

Several lifestyle parameters including diet, physical activity and sleep were associated in isolation with the presence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in adults, to date there is a paucity of studies which evaluated their combined role in aging populations and especially

The ‘secrets’ of the long livers in Mediterranean islands: The MEDIS study

This study tries to depict the reasons behind the longevity of the elderly population of Greek inhabited islands. A favorable adherence to the Mediterranean diet, mid-day naps and smoking cessation with an increase in age was characteristic of our elderly

Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

Τhe objective of this study is to examine whether adherence to the modified Mediterranean diet (i.e. unsaturates were substituted for mono-unsaturates) is associated with longer life expectancy among older Europeans. The subjects of the study were healthy, aged 60 or

Successful aging, dietary habits and health status of older individuals: a k-dimensional approach within the multi-national MEDIS study.

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate determinants of successful aging together with an assessment of dietary habits in relation to healthcare facility use among older people inhabitants of the Mediterranean basin. 2663 older (aged 65–100 years) individuals

Successful Aging among Elders Living in the Mani Continental Region vs. Insular Areas of the Mediterranean: the MEDIS Study

This study aims at evaluating the impact of the area of living on cardiometabolic risk and successful aging on older adults (>65 years of age). Characteristics of inhabitants of continental regions i.e. Mani, Greece are compared to those who live

Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Frailty

ObjectiveΤο investigate associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and frailty in a Greek population of older adults. Design- Cross-sectional study. Setting- Data were drawn from the Hellenic longitudinal Investigation of Aging and Diet (HELIAD), a population-based, multidisciplinary study designed