About the Authors

Martí Juanola-Falgarona

Affiliations Human Nutrition Unit and Preventive Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain, CIBERobn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

José Cándido-Fernández

Affiliation Human Nutrition Unit and Preventive Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain

Jordi Salas-Salvadó

monica.bullo@urv.cat (MB); jordi.salas@urv.cat (JS-S)

Affiliations Human Nutrition Unit and Preventive Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain, CIBERobn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

Miguel A. Martínez-González

Affiliations CIBERobn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Ramón Estruch

Affiliations CIBERobn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain, Department of Internal Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain

Miquel Fiol

Affiliations CIBERobn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain, University Institute for Health Sciences Investigation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Victoria Arija-Val

Affiliation Human Nutrition Unit and Preventive Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain

Mònica Bulló

monica.bullo@urv.cat (MB); jordi.salas@urv.cat (JS-S)

Affiliations Human Nutrition Unit and Preventive Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain, CIBERobn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain

for the PREDIMED Study Investigators

Competing Interests

Dr. Jordi Salas-Salvadó is a non-paid member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Nut Council. The rest of authors have no conflict of interest affecting the conduct or reporting of the work submitted. Merck Sharp & Dohme laboratories are not related to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MB JSS. Wrote the paper: MB JSS. Designed research: MB JSS MAMG RE MF. Conducted research: MJF. Performed some biochemical analysis: JCF VAV. Had primary responsibility for final content: MB JSS. Read and approved the final manuscript: MJF JCF JSS MAMG RE MF VAV MB.