Francesco Sofi

Biographic Data

ID5457996
NAMEFrancesco Sofi
GIVEN NAMESFrancesco
FAMILY NAMESofi
SIGNATURESOFI F
AFFILIATIONSAzienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
ORCID0000-0001-7113-7424
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Association between Psychological Disorders, Mediterranean Diet, and Chronotype in a Group of Italian Adults

    Open AccessMonica Dinu, Sofia Lotti et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Mental health conditions are a significant contributor to the global burden of disease. The aim of this study was to explore the association between psychological disorders, Mediterranean diet (MD), and chronotype. A total of 344 participants (74% women) with a mean age of 33.5 ± 13 years were recruited. According to the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) score, 22% of participants had symptoms of depression, 23% anxiety, and 10% stress. T…

  • Predictors of Mortality in 433 Nonagenarians Inside the Mugello Study

    Open AccessSilvia Pancani, Gemma Lombardi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2022References: 2

    Impaired cognitive function, loss of functional independence, higher comorbidity, and higher drugs intake were the stronger predictors of mortality

  • The Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument for Italian Subjects, NLit-IT

    Open AccessVirginia Vettori, Chiara Lorini et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    The aim of this study was to test validity and reliability of the adapted version of the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLit) for Italian people (NLit-IT). An observational cross-sectional study was conducted, involving a convenience sample of adults ( n = 74). To explore the validity of the tool, we considered both diet quality as an outcome of NL, and health literacy (HL) as a construct that presents similarities and differences with…

  • Mediterranean diet and health status

    Open AccessFrancesco Sofi, Claudio Macchi et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective To update previous meta-analyses of cohort studies that investigated the association between the Mediterranean diet and health status and to utilize data coming from all of the cohort studies for proposing a literature-based adherence score to the Mediterranean diet. Design We conducted a comprehensive literature search through all electronic databases up to June 2013. Setting Cohort prospective studies investigating adherence to the Me…

  • Accruing evidence on benefits of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on health

    Open AccessFrancesco Sofi, Rosanna Abbate et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Clinical…2010

  • Adherence to Mediterranean diet and health status

    Open AccessFrancesco Sofi, Francesca Cesari et al.ARTICLEBMJ2008

    OBJECTIVE: To systematically review all the prospective cohort studies that have analysed the relation between adherence to a Mediterranean diet, mortality, and incidence of chronic diseases in a primary prevention setting. DESIGN: Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. DATA SOURCES: English and non-English publications in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials from 1966 to 30 June 2008. Studi…