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Most relevant scientific articles
• salas-salVadó j., Bullo M., estruCh r., ros e., CoVas M.-i., iBarrola-jurado n. et al . Prevention of diabetes with mediterranean diets: A subgroup analysis of a randomized trial . Annals of Internal Medicine . 2014;160(1):1-10 .
• doMeneCh M., roMán P., laPetra j., GarCia de la Corte F.j., sala-Vila a., de la torre r. et al . Mediterra- nean diet reduces 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, blood glucose, and lipids: One-year randomi- zed, clinical trial . Hypertension . 2014;64(1):69-76 .
• Martínez-González M.a., toledo e., aros F., Fiol M., Corella d., salas-salVado j. et al . Extravirgin olive oil consumption reduces risk of atrial fibrillation: The PREDIMED (Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea) trial . Circulation . 2014;130(1):18-26 .
• ChiVa-BlanCh G., Condines X., MaGraner e., roth i., Valderás-Martínez P., arranz s. et al . The non-alco- holic fraction of beer increases stromal cell derived factor 1 and the number of circulating endothe- lial progenitor cells in high cardiovascular risk subjects: A randomized clinical trial . Atherosclerosis . 2014;233(2):518-524 .
• Casas r., saCanella e., urPi-sarda M., ChiVa-BlanCh G., ros e., Martínez-González M.-a. et al . The effects of the Mediterranean diet on biomarkers of vascular wall inflammation and plaque vulnerability in subjects with high risk for cardiovascular disease . A randomized trial . PLoS ONE . 2014; 9(6) .
Highlights
Institution: Hospital Clínico y Provincial De Barcelona Contact: Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona · C/ Villarroel, 170 . 08036 Barcelona · Tel .: (+34) 93 227 54 00 E .mail: restruch@clinic .ub .es http://www .ciberobn .es/index .php?option=com_content&view= article&catid=12:grupos&id=214&Itemid=13
The main lines of Internal Medicine - Hospital Clinic research group are: 1) effects of the Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular disease and cancer; 2) Mechanisms of the effects of moderate consumption of wine and beer on health; and 3) Effects of olive oil, nuts, tomatoes and cocoa on blood pressure, lipid profile and inflammatory biomarkers related to atherosclerosis . The group is the coordinator of the Network “Nutrition and cardiovascular disease” since 2003 and the director of PREDIMED (Prevention with Mediterranean Diet) study which includes 18 research groups from nine autonomous communities and also a member of the Steering Committee of the study PREDIMED Plus which includes 22 research groups . Most studies have been conducted in collaboration with foreign universities such as Columbia University in New York, Loma Linda University in California, Harvard School of Public Health in Massachusetts, Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University, also in Massachusetts, USA, and Mario Negri Sud de Santa Maria d’Imbaro (Italy) .
It has published over 300 papers in high impact journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine (1989, 2013), JAMA (1995, 2014), Annals of Internal Medicine (2000, 2002, 2006, 2014), Archives of Internal Medicine (1995, 2007, 2008) and American Journal of Nutrition . The results of the study on the effects of the Mediterranean Diet on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention the journal published in New England Journal of Medicine in April 2013 has been the most widely read scientific paper in the world in 2013 and 2014 . However also worth mentioning the works published in as J Nutr (2010), Diabetes Care (2011, 2014), PloS One (2012) Eur J Heart Fail (2014), Int J Cardiol (2014) andThromb Vasc Biol Arterioscler (2014 ) .
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