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s of the company’s own products or the test drug against a placebo but rather nutrition of the elderly with atherosclerosis 59
against nutritional regimens. The conduct of such equivalence or non-inferior-
ity studies imposes markedly higher methodological demands compared with
traditional studies to prove the superiority of a treatment vs. placebo or stand-
ard therapy. It is not a question of whether we can afford to pay for our own
drug and nutritional trials; it is increasingly evident that we cannot afford not
to do so (Gebbers, 2007).
Conclusions
The occurrence of atherosclerosis is associated with many factors that we can
influence and factors that we cannot influence ourselves. In our article, we fo-
cused mainly on the impact of proper diet. In reviewing the articles, we found
that the authors mention a number of diets, such as the DASH diet, the TLC
diet, the Mediterranean diet. The most appropriate diet for patients with ath-
erosclerosis is one that includes foods from all groups of the food pyramid in
moderation.
An important factor is prevention and awareness of people, as cardiovas-
cular disease as a result of atherosclerosis is one of the main factors of prema-
ture morbidity and mortality in the developed world, and thus also the finan-
cial burden of the health system (Benedičič, 2016).
References
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, 2017. What is cardiovascular dis-
ease? [viewed 15 March 2021]. Available from: https://www.heart.org/en/
health-topics/consumer-healthcare/what-is-cardiovascular-disease.
BEDENČIČ, M., 2016. Prehrana. Živeti z aterosklerozo: Priročnik za bolnike s
koronarno boleznijo in drugimi oblikami ateroskleroze [online]. Nacion-
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zazdravje.nijz.si/media/ziveti.z.aterosklerozo.pdf.
GEBBERS, J., 2007. Atherosclerosis, cholesterol, nutrition, and statins – a criti-
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MERCHED, A. J., & CHAN, L., 2013. Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics of Ath-
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in ožilja. Izvajanje integrirane preventive kroničnih nenalezljivih bolezni
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against nutritional regimens. The conduct of such equivalence or non-inferior-
ity studies imposes markedly higher methodological demands compared with
traditional studies to prove the superiority of a treatment vs. placebo or stand-
ard therapy. It is not a question of whether we can afford to pay for our own
drug and nutritional trials; it is increasingly evident that we cannot afford not
to do so (Gebbers, 2007).
Conclusions
The occurrence of atherosclerosis is associated with many factors that we can
influence and factors that we cannot influence ourselves. In our article, we fo-
cused mainly on the impact of proper diet. In reviewing the articles, we found
that the authors mention a number of diets, such as the DASH diet, the TLC
diet, the Mediterranean diet. The most appropriate diet for patients with ath-
erosclerosis is one that includes foods from all groups of the food pyramid in
moderation.
An important factor is prevention and awareness of people, as cardiovas-
cular disease as a result of atherosclerosis is one of the main factors of prema-
ture morbidity and mortality in the developed world, and thus also the finan-
cial burden of the health system (Benedičič, 2016).
References
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, 2017. What is cardiovascular dis-
ease? [viewed 15 March 2021]. Available from: https://www.heart.org/en/
health-topics/consumer-healthcare/what-is-cardiovascular-disease.
BEDENČIČ, M., 2016. Prehrana. Živeti z aterosklerozo: Priročnik za bolnike s
koronarno boleznijo in drugimi oblikami ateroskleroze [online]. Nacion-
alni inštitut za javno zdravje, pp. 37–40. Available from: http://skupaj-
zazdravje.nijz.si/media/ziveti.z.aterosklerozo.pdf.
GEBBERS, J., 2007. Atherosclerosis, cholesterol, nutrition, and statins – a criti-
cal review. German Medical Science, vol. 5, ISSN 1612-3174.
MERCHED, A. J., & CHAN, L., 2013. Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics of Ath-
erosclerosis. Current Atherosclerosis Reports, vol. 15, no. 6.
NIJZ, 2014. Srčno-žilne bolezni [online]. [viewed 15 March 2021]. Available
from: https://www.nijz.si/sl/srcno-zilne-bolezni.
PETEK ŠTER, M., 2017. Preventivni pregled z oceno tveganja za bolezni srca
in ožilja. Izvajanje integrirane preventive kroničnih nenalezljivih bolezni
v referenčnih ambulantah družinske medicine: Priročnik za zdravni-
ke družinske medicine [online]. Ljubljana: NIJZ, pp. 58 – 62. [viewed 15
March 2021]. Available from: http://skupajzazdravje.nijz.si/media/splet-.
zdm.prirocnik.pdf.
SPENCE, J., 2019. Nutrition and Risk of Stroke. Nutrients, vol. 11 no.3, pp. 647.
