Construct validation of the dietary inflammatory index among postmenopausal women

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 398-405

  Tabung, Fred K ^a   Steck, Susan E ^a   Zhang, Jiajia ^a   Ma, Yunsheng ^b   Liese, Angela D ^a   Agalliu, Ilir ^c   Hingle, Melanie ^d   Hou, Lifang ^e   Hurley, Thomas G ^a   Jiao, Li ^f   Martin, Lisa W ^g   Millen, Amy E ^h   Park, Hannah L ⁱ   Rosal, Milagros C ^b   Shikany, James M ^j   Shivappa, Nitin ^a   Ockene, Judith K ^b   Hebert, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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Author keywords

Construct validation; Dietary inflammatory index; Inflammatory biomarkers; Women's Health Initiative

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TNFRSF1B PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIET; DIETARY INFLAMMATORY INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II;

EID: 84929295930     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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