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Anastasios Dontas
Researcher at University of Crete
Publications - 32
Citations - 5542
Anastasios Dontas is an academic researcher from University of Crete. The author has contributed to research in topics: Seven Countries Study & Population. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 32 publications receiving 5285 citations.
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The diet and 15-year death rate in the seven countries study.
Ancel Keys,Alessandro Menotti,Karvonen Mj,Christ Aravanis,Henry Blackburn,Ratko Buzina,B S Djordjevic,Anastasios Dontas,Flaminio Fidanza,Margaret Haney Keys +9 more
TL;DR: In 15 cohorts of the Seven Countries Study, comprising 11,579 men aged 40-59 years and "healthy" at entry, 2,288 died in 15 years, with all-cause and coronary heart disease death rates were low in cohorts with olive oil as the main fat.
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Serum total cholesterol and long-term coronary heart disease mortality in different cultures. Twenty-five-year follow-up of the seven countries study
W M Verschuren,David R. Jacobs,Bennie P. M. Bloemberg,Daan Kromhout,Alessandro Menotti,Christ Aravanis,Henry Blackburn,Ratko Buzina,Anastasios Dontas,Flaminio Fidanza +9 more
TL;DR: The large difference in absolute CHD mortality rates at a given cholesterol level, however, indicates that other factors, such as diet, that are typical for cultures with a low CHD risk are also important with respect to primary prevention.
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Vascular Factors and Risk of Dementia: Design of the Three-City Study and Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population
Marilyn Antoniak,Maura Pugliatti,Richard Hubbard,John Britton,Stefano Sotgiu,A. Dessa Sadovnick,Irene M.L. Yee,Miguel A. Cumsille,Jorge A. Bevilacqua,Sarah Burdett,Lesley A. Stewart,Neil Pickering,Nino Khetsuriani,Eva S. Quiroz,Robert C. Holman,Larry J. Anderson,Rosalind Gait,Claire Maginnis,Sarah Lewis,Gustavo C. Román,Violeta Díaz,Torgeir Engstad,Ove Almkvist,Matti Viitanen,Egil Arnesen,Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos,Christina Chrysohoou,Christos Pitsavos,Alessandro Menotti,Anastasios Dontas,John Skoumas,Christodoulos Stefanadis,Pavlos Toutouzas,Amanda S. Persad,Todd Stedeford,Seigo Tanaka,Liping Chen,Marek Banasik,M. Alessandra Sotgiu,Charles M. Poser,Giulio Rosati,Ian Lawson +41 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the baseline characteristics of the participants in the Three-City (3C) Study, a study aiming to evaluate the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment attributable to vascular factors.
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Dietary saturated and trans fatty acids and cholesterol and 25-year mortality from coronary heart disease: the Seven Countries Study.
Daan Kromhout,Alessandro Menotti,Bloemberg B,Christ Aravanis,Henry Blackburn,Ratko Buzina,Anastasios Dontas,Flaminio Fidanza,Simona Giampaoli,Annemarie Jansen +9 more
TL;DR: The results of these cross-cultural analyses suggest that dietary saturated and trans fatty acids and dietary cholesterol are important determinants of differences in population rates of coronary heart disease death.
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The seven countries study: 2,289 deaths in 15 years.
Ancel Keys,Alessandro Menotti,Christ Aravanis,Henry Blackburn,Bozidar S. Djordevič,Ratko Buzina,Anastasios Dontas,Flaminio Fidanza,Karvonen Mj,Noboru Kimura,Ivan Mohacek,Srecko Nedeljkovic,Vittorio Puddu,Sven Punsar,Henry Longstreet Taylor,Susanna Conti,Daan Kromhout,Hironori Toshima +17 more
TL;DR: Expectations for coronary death from the experience in the United States and northern Europe greatly exceeded observed deaths in southern Europe for men of their age, serum cholesterol, blood pressure, smoking habits, physical activity, and relative weight.