Mediterranean diet assessment
For each item in the MEDAS score, one point was awarded, briefly: preference of olive oil as the main culinary source of fat; preference of white meat over red/processed meat; daily consumption of olive oil (≥ 4 servings/d), vegetables (≥ 2 servings/d), fruit (≥ 3 pieces/d), red meat (< 1 serving/d), butter or margarine or cream (< 1 serving/d), and carbonated or sugar-sweetened beverages (< 1 cup/d); and weekly consumption of wine (≥ 7 cups/wk), pulses (≥ 3 servings/wk), fish/seafood (≥ 3 servings/wk), tree nuts (≥ 3 servings/wk), commercial pastry (< 2 servings/wk), and `sofrito´ (a sauce of tomato, garlic, onion or leeks sauteed in olive oil; ≥ 2 times/wk).