A Mediterranean dietary style influences TNF-alpha and VCAM-1 coronary blood levels in unstable angina patients.

Background: A Mediterranean dietary pattern has been associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, as well as a reduction of oxidative stress, but studies indicating possible interactions between food intake and inflammatory mediators production at specific sites are lacking.

Aim Of The Study: To assess the relationship between Mediterranean diet consumption and inflammatory related molecules production in coronary vessels.

Methods: A previously reported Mediterranean-diet score was computed summing-up the quintiles of eight dietary components from a validated food frequency questionnaire in 24 patients with unstable angina.

Dietary folate and the risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction.

Background: Elevated homocysteine levels have been associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. Because folate intake can reduce homocysteine levels, we investigated the association between dietary folate intake and nonfatal myocardial infarction.

Methods: We conducted a case-control study in three tertiary hospitals of Pamplona, Spain, between 1999 and 2001.