About the Authors

Jordi Mayneris-Perxachs

Contributed equally to this work with: Jordi Mayneris-Perxachs, Aleix Sala-Vila

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science-XARTA-INSA, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Aleix Sala-Vila

Contributed equally to this work with: Jordi Mayneris-Perxachs, Aleix Sala-Vila

Affiliations Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

Maribel Chisaguano

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Science-XARTA-INSA, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

Ana I. Castellote

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Science-XARTA-INSA, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

Ramón Estruch

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

María Isabel Covas

Affiliations Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Municipal Institut for Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

Montserrat Fitó

Affiliations Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Municipal Institut for Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

Jordi Salas-Salvadó

Affiliations Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine, IISPV, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

Miguel A. Martínez-González

Affiliations Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

Rosa Lamuela-Raventós

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Science-XARTA-INSA, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

Emilio Ros

Affiliations Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Biomedical Research Institute August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

M. Carmen López-Sabater

mclopez@ub.edu

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Science-XARTA-INSA, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain

for PREDIMED Study Investigators

Membership of the PREDIMED Study Investigators are provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed experiments: JMP ASV AIC MCLS. Performed the experiments: JMP ASV MC AIC. Analyzed the data: JMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMP ASV MC AIC RE MIC MF JSS MAMG RMLR ER MCLS. Wrote the manuscript: JMP.