Dietary patterns and their associations with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in adult survivors of childhood cancer: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the specific dietary patterns in adult survivors of childhood cancer.

Objectives

We aimed to identify dietary patterns specific to childhood cancer survivors and examine their associations with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors.

Methods

Adult survivors of childhood cancer (mean:31 ± 8 y; n = 3022) and noncancer controls (n = 497) in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort self-reported diet over the past 12 mo using a validated food frequency questionnaire. Factor analysis with 48 predefined food groups was performed to identify foods consumed together. Subsequently, cluster analysis with energy-adjusted factor scores was used to categorize survivors into a mutually exclusive dietary pattern. Dietary patterns were the primary outcomes. Multi

SUBMITTER: Lan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10972711 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature