Comparing 3 Dietary Pattern Methods-Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis, and Index Analysis-With Colorectal Cancer Risk

Reedy, Jill and Wirfalt, Elisabet and Flood, Andrew and Mitrou, Panagiota N. and Krebs-Smith, Susan M. and Kipnis, Victor and Midthune, Douglas and Leitzmann, Michael and Hollenbeck, Albert and Schatzkin, Arthur and Subar, Amy F. (2010) Comparing 3 Dietary Pattern Methods-Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis, and Index Analysis-With Colorectal Cancer Risk. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 171 (4). pp. 479-487. ISSN 0002-9262,

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Abstract

The authors compared dietary pattern methods-cluster analysis, factor analysis, and index analysis-with colorectal cancer risk in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-AARP Diet and Health Study (n = 492,306). Data from a 124-item food frequency questionnaire (1995-1996) were used to identify 4 clusters for men (3 clusters for women), 3 factors, and 4 indexes. Comparisons were made with adjusted relative risks and 95% confidence intervals, distributions of individuals in clusters by quintile of factor and index scores, and health behavior characteristics. During 5 years of follow-up through 2000, 3,110 colorectal cancer cases were ascertained. In men, the vegetables and fruits cluster, the fruits and vegetables factor, the fat-reduced/diet foods factor, and all indexes were associated with reduced risk; the meat and potatoes factor was associated with increased risk. In women, reduced risk was found with the Healthy Eating Index-2005 and increased risk with the meat and potatoes factor. For men, beneficial health characteristics were seen with all fruit/vegetable patterns, diet foods patterns, and indexes, while poorer health characteristics were found with meat patterns. For women, findings were similar except that poorer health characteristics were seen with diet foods patterns. Similarities were found across methods, suggesting basic qualities of healthy diets. Nonetheless, findings vary because each method answers a different question.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: MAJOR CHRONIC DISEASE; FOOD-FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH-AMERICAN-ASSOCIATION; GUIDELINES-FOR-AMERICANS; RETIRED-PERSONS DIET; NIH-AARP DIET; NATIONAL-INSTITUTES; PROSPECTIVE COHORT; WOMEN; MORTALITY; colorectal neoplasms; food habits; risk
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin > Lehrstuhl für Genetische Epidemiologie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 06 Aug 2020 07:05
Last Modified: 06 Aug 2020 07:05
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25149

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