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Mediterranean alpha-linolenic acid-rich diet in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease
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In a prospective, randomised single-blinded secondary prevention trial we compared the effect of a Mediterranean alpha-linolenic acid-rich diet to the usual post-infarct prudent diet. After a first myocardial infarction, patients were randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 302) or control group (n = 303). Patients were seen again 8 weeks after randomisation, and each year for 5 years. The experimental group consumed significantly less lipids, saturated fat, cholesterol, and linoleic acid but more oleic and alpha-linolenic acids confirmed by measurements in plasma. Serum lipids, blood pressure, and body mass index remained similar in the 2 groups. In the experimental group, plasma levels of albumin, vitamin E, and vitamin C were increased, and granulocyte count decreased. After a mean follow up of 27 months, there were 16 cardiac deaths in the control and 3 in the experimental group; 17 non-fatal myocardial infarction in the control and 5 in the experimental groups: a risk ratio for these two main endpoints combined of 0.27 (95% CI 0.12-0.59, p = 0.001) after adjustment for prognostic variables. Overall mortality was 20 in the control, 8 in the experimental group, an adjusted risk ratio of 0.30 (95% CI 0.11-0.82, p = 0.02). An alpha-linolenic acid-rich Mediterranean diet seems to be more efficient than presently used diets in the secondary prevention of coronary events and death.
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“there were 16 cardiac deaths in the control and 3 in the experimental “Mediterranean α-linolenic acid–rich diet” group; 17 nonfatal myocardial infarction in the control and 5 in the experimental groups; overall, mortality was 20 in the control, 8 in the intervention group (21).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- de Lorgeril, M., Renaud, S., Salen, P., Monjaud, I., Mamelle, N., Martin, J. L., Guidollet, J., Touboul, P., & Delaye, J.
- Affiliations
- Inserm (FR)
- Laboratoire Univers et Théories (FR)
- ORCID
- Martin, J.L
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1994-06
- Volume
- 343
- Issue
- 8911
- Pages
- 1454-1459
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2030042443
- Cited by
- 2,122
- References
- 30
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 60.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Fatty Acid Research and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Keywords
- alpha-linolenic acid, Mediterranean diet, secondary prevention, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, oleic acid, linoleic acid, plasma fatty acids, cardiac mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, vitamin E, vitamin C, albumin, granulocyte count
- MeSH terms
- Coronary Disease, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Proportional Hazards Models, Survival Analysis, Single-Blind Method, alpha-Linolenic Acid
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