Assessment of dietary patterns in nutritional epidemiology: Principal component analysis compared with confirmatory factor analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1079-1092

  Varraso, Raphaëlle ^a,b   Garcia Aymerich, Judith ^c,d,e,f   Monier, Florent ^a,b   Le Moual, Nicole ^a,b   De Batlle, Jordi ^c   Miranda, Gemma ^c   Pison, Christophe ^g   Romieu, Isabelle ^h   Kauffmann, Francine ^a,b   Maccario, Jean ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^g Clinique Universitaire de Pneumologie   (France)

^h INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

AGED; DIET; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 84867838251     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.038109     Document Type: Article

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