Sex-differences in Mediterranean diet: a key piece to explain sex-related cardiovascular risk in obesity? A cross-sectional study.

Luigi BarreaLudovica VerdeRosario SuárezEvelyn Frias-ToralCelina Andrade VásquezAnnamaria ColaoSilvia SavastanoGiovanna Muscogiuri

Published in: Journal of translational medicine (2024)

Females had higher adherence to MD, lower CVR, and different food preferences than males. Although the same PREDIMED threshold has been identified as a spy of CVR, the sex-related preference of individual foods included in the MD could explain the different impact of this nutritional pattern on CVR in both sexes.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
insulin resistance
weight loss
physical activity
weight gain
skeletal muscle