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Subject area	Epidemiology
More specific subject area	Cardiovascular prevention; Mediterranean Diet
Type of data	Table and figure
How data was acquired	A dietary questionnaire was administered at baseline by trained personnel. Events were assessed and validated over a 36 month follow-up
Data format	Analyzed
Experimental factors	Data are analyzed to establish the relationship between a simplified MD score and combined, cardio- or cerebrovascular events
Experimental features	Vascular events according to Mediterranean diet Score
Data source location	Kuopio (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), Groningen (the Netherlands), Paris (France), Milan and Perugia (Italy)
Data accessibility	Data are in this article
Related research article	F. Veglia, D. Baldassarre, U. de Faire, S. Kurl, AJ. Smit, R. Raurama, et al. A priori-defined Mediterranean-like dietary pattern predicts cardiovascular events better in north Europe than in Mediterranean countries. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Nov 29. pii: S0167-5273(18)35681-X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.11.124. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30545617