Lifestyle Trajectories Are Associated with Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease: Highlights from the ATTICA Epidemiological Cohort Study (2002-2022).

The study aimed to assess the trajectories of lifestyle characteristics and their association with 20-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence. In 2002, 3042 Greek adults (aged: 45 (12) years) free of CVD were enrolled. In 2022, the 20-year follow-up was performed on 2169 participants; of those, 1988 had complete data for CVD.

High fish intake rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduces cardiovascular disease incidence in healthy adults: The ATTICA cohort study (2002-2022).

The long-term effects of high fish intake rich in n-3 fatty acids for deterring cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related adverse outcomes in healthy individuals have not been yet elucidated. To evaluate the association between total seafood, as well as small fish, intake on 10- and 20-year CVD incidence and mortality in healthy adults. A prospective cohort study (n = 2,020) was conducted in healthy community dwelling adults in Athens, Greece, selected following age- and sex-based random multistage sampling (mean ± SD age at baseline: 45.

Quality of plant-based diets is associated with liver steatosis, which predicts type 2 diabetes incidence ten years later: Results from the ATTICA prospective epidemiological study.

Background & Aims: Plant-based diets have recently risen in popularity due to their proposed health benefits. We evaluated the association of plant-based diet quality with non alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) prevalence and their interaction on risk for developing type 2 diabetes ten years later.

Ethods: A post-hoc analysis of data collected in the ATTICA study.

Skeletal muscle mass and abdominal obesity are independent predictors of hepatic steatosis and interact to predict ten-year cardiovascular disease incidence: Data from the ATTICA cohort study.

Background & Aims: Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity may be associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study examined the association between low skeletal muscle mass, with or without central obesity, with NAFLD, as well as their interaction on predicting 10-year incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Methods: This was a post-hoc analysis of the ATTICA study.

Irrational beliefs, depression and anxiety, in relation to 10-year cardiovascular disease risk: the ATTICA Epidemiological Study.

Background And Objectives: Various bio-psychosocial mechanisms underlying the link between anxiety, depression and cardiovascular disease risk, remain unknown. We investigated the role of irrational beliefs in conjunction with anxiety and depression in the 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence, and the effect of biochemical and socio-behavioral factors.

Design: 853[453 men (45 ± 13 years) and 400 women (44 ± 18 years)] from the ATTICA study (2002-2012) and without evidence of CVD were assessed.