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Common and country-specific dietary patterns in four European cohort studies
- Source :
- Journal of Nutrition, 12, 133, 4246-4251, Journal of Nutrition, 133(12), 4246-4251. Oxford University Press, Scopus-Elsevier
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Common and country-specific dietary patterns in four European cohort studies.Balder HF, Virtanen M, Brants HA, Krogh V, Dixon LB, Tan F, Mannisto S, Bellocco R, Pietinen P, Wolk A, Berrino F, Van den Brandt PA, Hartman AM, Goldbohm RA.Department of Nutritional Epidemiology, TNO Nutrition and Food Research, Zeist, The Netherlands. balder@voeding.tno.nlThe association between diet and cancer, predominantly investigated univariately, has often been inconsistent, possibly because of the large number of candidate risk factors and their high intercorrelations. Analysis of dietary patterns is expected to give more insight than analysis of single nutrients or foods. This study aimed to develop and apply a common methodological approach to determine dietary patterns in four cohort studies originating in Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Italy. Food items on each of the food frequency questionnaires were aggregated into 51 food groups, defined on the basis of their position in the diet pattern and possible relevance to cancer etiology. Exploratory factor analysis was used to analyze dietary patterns. Using a standardized approach, 3-5 stable dietary patterns were identified, explaining 20-29% of total variance in consumption of the food groups. Two dietary patterns, which explained most of the variance, were consistent across the studies. The first pattern was characterized by high consumption of (salad) vegetables, the second by high consumption of pork, processed meat and potatoes. In addition, a few specifically national food patterns were identified. Sensitivity analyses showed that the identified patterns were robust for number of factors extracted, distribution of input variables and energy adjustment. Our findings suggest that some important eating patterns are shared by the four populations under study, whereas other eating patterns are population specific.
- Subjects :
- Male
principal component analysis
Swine
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Distribution (economics)
Principal components analysis
Vegetable
alpha tocopherol
Cohort Studies
Food group
Diet and cancer
Principal Component Analysi
Vegetables
Prospective Studies
Dietary patterns
Prospective cohort study
Finland
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Cancer
Netherlands
beta carotene
Nutrition and Dietetics
cancer prevention
article
Middle Aged
cohort analysis
Exploratory factor analysis
Europe
Meat Products
female
Italy
diet supplementation
Factor analysis
Cohort study
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Meat
mammography
Food and Chemical Risk Analysis
Netherland
breast cancer
Environmental health
medicine
Animals
Humans
human
Meat Product
Nutrition
Aged
Solanum tuberosum
Sweden
Cancer prevention
Animal
business.industry
Feeding Behavior
Models, Theoretical
Food Patterns
major clinical study
Randomized Controlled Trials
Surgery
Prospective Studie
Food Habit
Food Habits
Cohort Studie
diet
Factor Analysis, Statistical
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00223166
- Volume :
- 133
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....633f7f66fc50a998e7960c7b10f7b31c