Is attenuation of inflammation with short-term dietary intervention associated with a reduction of arterial stiffness in subjects with hypercholesterolaemia?
Short-term low-cholesterol/low-saturated fat diet in hypercholesterolaemia may be effective in improving large artery stiffness, likely through the mitigation of low-grade systemic inflammation.
Our data suggest that both the TNF-alpha -308 G>A and the TNF-alpha -238 G>A polymorphisms are unlikely to be major risk factors for XFG in an European population of Caucasian descent.