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Abstract：
(1) Background: Previous evidence has indicated a connection between a Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease. However, evidence for subclinical markers of cardiovascular disease, such as arterial stiffness, is limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the associations between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), as assessed by the MEDAS-14 questionnaire, and arterial stiffness, as assessed by aortic pulse wave velocity, in healthy adults and according to sex. (2) A cross-sectional study including 386 healthy participants was performed in the EVasCu study. Adjusted and unadjusted differences in adherence to the MD and arterial stiffness were determined using Student\'s t test and ANCOVA for the total sample and according to sex. (3) Results: Our results showed that individuals with a high adherence to the MD had a greater arterial stiffness, both in the total sample and in females, although this difference was not significant after adjusting for possible confounding variables, such as age. (4) Conclusions: Our findings indicated that, in the unadjusted analyses, healthy subjects with a high adherence to the MD showed a greater arterial stiffness. When these analyses were adjusted, no significant differences were shown in a-PWv according to the categories of MD adherence.
摘要：
（1）背景：先前的证据表明地中海饮食与心血管疾病之间存在联系。然而,心血管疾病亚临床标志物的证据，比如动脉僵硬度，是有限的。因此,这项研究的目的是评估坚持地中海饮食（MD）之间的关联，根据MEDAS-14问卷的评估，动脉僵硬度,通过主动脉脉搏波速度评估，在健康的成年人和性别。（2）在EVasCu研究中进行了一项包括386名健康参与者的横断面研究。使用Studentt检验和ANCOVA对总样本并根据性别确定对MD和动脉硬度的依从性的调整和未调整差异。（3）结果：我们的结果表明，对MD依从性高的个体具有更大的动脉僵硬度，在总样本和女性中，尽管在调整可能的混杂变量后，这一差异并不显著，比如年龄。(4)结论：我们的研究结果表明，在未经调整的分析中，对MD依从性高的健康受试者表现出更大的动脉僵硬度.当这些分析调整后，根据MD依从性的类别,a-PWv无显著差异.
