Salas-Salvadó J

Background and aims: Olive oil, increasingly consumed in the U.S., has been inversely associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, previous studies did not assess a broad spectrum of CVD outcomes, incorporated repeated annual dietary assessments, or distinguished between polyphenol-rich EVOO and common olive oil (COO), which lacks these compounds. Methods: We assessed 7,102 high-risk participants from the PREDIMED trial (57.5% women; aged 55-80 years), all free of CVD at baseline.

This is a preprint. It has not yet been peer reviewed by a journal. The National Library of Medicine is running a pilot to include preprints that result from research funded by NIH in PMC and PubMed. Display options Abstract Evidence supports associations of lifestyle-including diet and physical activity-and weight with cognitive functioning, but the pathways responsible for these associations have not been fully elucidated.