Dietary and nutritional patterns in an elderly rural population in Northern and Southern Italy: (I). A cluster analysis of food consumption

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1514-1521

  Correa Leite M L ^a   Nicolosi, A ^a,b   Cristina, S ^c   Hauser, W A ^b   Pugliese, P ^d   Nappi, G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d University Tor Vegatra   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Elderly; Food intake; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PLANT OILS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEAFOOD; VEGETABLES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0348143233     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601719     Document Type: Article

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