Gains in statistical power from using a dietary biomarker in combination with self-reported intake to strengthen the analysis of a diet-disease association: An example from CAREDS

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 836-842

  Freedman, Laurence S ^a   Tasevska, Natas̃a ^b   Kipnis, Victor ^b   Schatzkin, Arthur ^b   Mares, Julie ^c   Tinker, Lesley ^d   Potischman, Nancy ^b  

^a Biostatistics Unit   (Iceland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

carotenoids; cataract; lutein; ranks; sample size

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

BIOMARKER; CAROTENOID; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; EYE DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SELF REPORT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; CATARACT; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957308281     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq194     Document Type: Article

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