Pagona Lagiou

Biographic Data

ID5457740
NAMEPagona Lagiou
GIVEN NAMESPagona
FAMILY NAMELagiou
SIGNATURELAGIOU P
AFFILIATIONSNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and colorectal cancer risk

    Open AccessKhaoula El Kinany, Zineb Hatime et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

    Objective: The Mediterranean diet (MD) is a dietary pattern associated with several health benefits, including reduction of risk for various cancers. We conducted a study to investigate associations between adherence to the MD and colorectal cancer (CRC) subtype risk among Moroccan adults. Design: A matched case–control study. Setting: The five major university hospitals in Morocco. Participants: A total of 3032 subjects (1516 CRC patients and 15…

  • Modified Mediterranean diet score adapted to a southern Mediterranean population and its relation to overweight and obesity risk

    Open AccessKhaoula El Kinany, Meimouna Mint Sidi Deoula et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objectives: The current study aimed to develop a modified Mediterranean diet (MMD) score adjusted to the southern Mediterranean countries’ cultural specificities and to evaluate associations between adherence to this modified score and overweight/obesity risk in Moroccan adults. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study. Setting: Rural and urban areas of the five greatest provinces of Morocco. Participants: In total, 1516 participants were r…

  • Occupational socioeconomic risk associations for head and neck cancer in Europe and South America

    Open AccessDavid I Conway, Jan Hovanec et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2021References: 39

    BACKGROUND: The association between socioeconomic disadvantage (low education and/or income) and head and neck cancer is well established, with smoking and alcohol consumption explaining up to three-quarters of the risk. We aimed to investigate the nature of and explanations for head and neck cancer risk associated with occupational socioeconomic prestige (a perceptual measure of psychosocial status), occupational socioeconomic position and manua…

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption

    Open AccessAngela M Wood, Stephen Kaptoge et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018

    BACKGROUND: Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we studied individual-participant data from 599 912 current drinkers without previous cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We did a combined analysis of individual-participant data from three large-scale data sources in 19 high-inco…

  • Intake of specific flavonoids and risk of acute myocardial infarction in Italy

    Open AccessAlessandra Tavani, Luana Spertini et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2006

    High intake of anthocyanidins reduced the risk of AMI even after allowance for alcohol, fruit and vegetables, supporting a real inverse association between this class of flavonoids and AMI risk

  • Mediterranean diet and overall mortality differences in the European Union

    Open AccessDimitrios Trichopoulos, Pagona Lagiou et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2004

    Objective: To assess whether the Mediterranean diet contributes to overall mortality differences and trends between Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean European Union (EU) countries. Design: Routinely recorded adjusted overall mortality and food availability data in Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean EU countries. A Mediterranean diet score designed a priori was used as instrument. Setting: Fifteen EU countries in the 1960s and the 1990s. Subjec…