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Dietary Risk Factors And Eating Behaviors In Peripheral Arterial Disease (Pad), Andrea Leonardo Cecchini, Federico Biscetti, Maria Margherita Rando, Elisabetta Nardella, Giovanni Pecorini, Luis H. Eraso, Paul J. Dimuzio, Antonio Gasbarrini, Massimo Massetti, Andrea Flex
Dietary Risk Factors And Eating Behaviors In Peripheral Arterial Disease (Pad), Andrea Leonardo Cecchini, Federico Biscetti, Maria Margherita Rando, Elisabetta Nardella, Giovanni Pecorini, Luis H. Eraso, Paul J. Dimuzio, Antonio Gasbarrini, Massimo Massetti, Andrea Flex
Department of Surgery Faculty Papers
Dietary risk factors play a fundamental role in the prevention and progression of atherosclerosis and PAD (Peripheral Arterial Disease). The impact of nutrition, however, defined as the process of taking in food and using it for growth, metabolism and repair, remains undefined with regard to PAD. This article describes the interplay between nutrition and the development/progression of PAD. We reviewed 688 articles, including key articles, narrative and systematic reviews, meta-analyses and clinical studies. We analyzed the interaction between nutrition and PAD predictors, and subsequently created four descriptive tables to summarize the relationship between PAD, dietary risk factors and outcomes. We …