Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 10 , Pages 697-706 , December 2009

Dietary patterns, cardiovascular risk factors and C-reactive protein in a healthy Italian population

  • F. Centritto

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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  • L. Iacoviello

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 874 312274; fax: +39 874 312710.
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  • R. di Giuseppe

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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  • A. De Curtis

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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  • S. Costanzo

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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  • F. Zito

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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  • S. Grioni

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
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  • S. Sieri

      Affiliations

    • Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
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  • M.B. Donati

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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  • G. de Gaetano

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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  • A. Di Castelnuovo

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology. Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli 1, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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  • on behalf of Moli-sani Investigators

Received 17 September 2008 ,Revised 24 November 2008 ,Accepted 27 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.11.009

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 10 , Pages 697-706 , December 2009

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