About the Authors

Itandehui Castro-Quezada

Affiliation Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Almudena Sánchez-Villegas

Affiliations Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain

Ramón Estruch

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Salas-Salvadó

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Human Nutrition Department, School of Medicine, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain

Dolores Corella

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Helmut Schröder

Affiliations Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Medica (IMIM)-Institut de Recerca del Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain

Jacqueline Álvarez-Pérez

Affiliations Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain

María Dolores Ruiz-López

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technologies, University of Granada. Armilla, Granada, Spain

Reyes Artacho

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

Emilio Ros

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Hospital Clinic, l'Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Mónica Bulló

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Human Nutrition Department, School of Medicine, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain

María-Isabel Covas

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Medica (IMIM)-Institut de Recerca del Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Group of Nutrition and Lipid Metabolism, Instituto de la Grasa (CSIC), Seville, Spain

Miguel Ruiz-Canela

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine – Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

Pilar Buil-Cosiales

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine – Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

Enrique Gómez-Gracia

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain

José Lapetra

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Family Medicine, Primary Care Division of Sevilla, San Pablo Health Center, Sevilla, Spain

Xavier Pintó

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital of Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

Fernando Arós

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Alava, Spain

Miquel Fiol

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, University Institute for Health Sciences Investigation, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Rosa María Lamuela-Raventós

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Miguel Ángel Martínez-González

Affiliations Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine – Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

Lluís Serra-Majem

lluis.serra@ulpgc.es

Affiliations Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN, CB06/03), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spanish Government, Madrid, Spain

on behalf of the PREDIMED Study Investigators

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LSM ICQ ASV RE JSS DC HS JAP MDRL RA ER MB MIC VRG MRC PBC EGG JL XP FA MF RMLR MAMG. Performed the experiments: ICQ ASV. Analyzed the data: ICQ ASV. Wrote the paper: ICQ ASV. Critical revision of the manuscript: RA MDRL MAMG LSM. Primary responsibility for the final content: LSM. Provided input and feedback on manuscript: LSM ICQ ASV RE JSS DC HS JAP MDRL RA ER MB MIC VRG MRC PBC EGG JL XP FA MF RMLR MAMG. Read and approved the final version of the manuscript: LSM ICQ ASV RE JSS DC HS JAP MDRL RA ER MB MIC VRG MRC PBC EGG JL XP FA MF RMLR MAMG.