{"id":16233,"date":"2014-01-22T09:05:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T14:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=16233"},"modified":"2014-01-23T01:08:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T06:08:08","slug":"mediterranean-diet-associated-with-lower-risk-of-peripheral-artery-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2014\/01\/mediterranean-diet-associated-with-lower-risk-of-peripheral-artery-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of peripheral artery disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <em>JAMA<\/em> Network Journals media release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mediterranean_diet_salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9540\" alt=\"mediterranean_diet_salad\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/mediterranean_diet_salad.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>A multicenter study that <strong>previously reported a reduction in heart attack and stroke with a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or with nuts now also reports a lower risk of peripheral artery disease<\/strong>, according to a study in the January 22\/29 issue of <em>JAMA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The hypothesis that a Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) has never been tested in a randomized trial, according to background information in the article.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Ph.D., of the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, and colleagues assessed the association of Mediterranean diets with the occurrence of symptomatic PAD in a randomized trial conducted from October 2003 and December 2010. <strong>Eligible participants were men 55 to 80 years of age and women 60 to 80 years of age without clinical PAD or baseline cardiovascular disease but with type 2 diabetes mellitus or at least 3 cardiovascular risk factors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participants were randomized to 1 of 3 groups<\/strong>: a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil; a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts; or counseling on a low-fat diet (control group). All participants received a comprehensive dietary educational program on a quarterly basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The trial included 7,477 participants, with an average age of 67 years, and 58 percent of whom were women<\/strong>. There were 89 confirmed new cases of clinical PAD after a median (midpoint) follow-up of 4.8 years. Both Mediterranean diet interventions were associated with a lower risk of PAD compared with the control group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To our knowledge, this is the first randomized primary prevention trial to suggest an association between a dietary intervention and [reduction in] PAD. <strong>These results are consistent with previous observational studies and relevant from a public health perspective<\/strong>,&#8221; the authors write.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>doi:10.1001\/jama.2013.280618; Available pre-embargo to the media at http:\/\/media.jamanetwork.com<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the JAMA Network Journals media release: A multicenter study that previously reported a reduction in heart attack and stroke with a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2014\/01\/mediterranean-diet-associated-with-lower-risk-of-peripheral-artery-disease\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[321,10,339,4,336],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16237,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16233\/revisions\/16237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}