Survey of Food Intake in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Abstract

aortic wall structure, which is associated with chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, degradation of the extracellular matrix, and thinning of the arterial media. Currently, no therapeutic drugs are available for AAA.Clinical practice guidelines by the European Society for Vascular Surgery state that previous studies support the importance of healthy diets 2) . Wolk et al. reported that a Mediterranean diet is associated with a reduced risk of AAA in smokers 3) . The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study revealed that dietary approaches to stop hypertension-style dietary patterns were associated with a lower risk of AAA 4) . Yamagishi et al. reported that people who seldom ate fish had a higher mortality from AAA 5) .