Mis-reporting, previous health status and health status of family may seriously bias the association between food patterns and disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food pattern analyses are popular tools in the study of associations between diet and health. However, there is a need for further evaluation of this methodology. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the relationship between food pattern groups (FPG) and existing health, and to identify factors influencing this relationship.

Methods

The inhabitants of Västerbotten County in northern Sweden are invited to health check-ups when they turn 30, 40, 50, and 60 years of age. The present study includes data collected from almost 60,000 individuals between 1992 and 2005. Associations between FPG (established using K-means cluster analyses) and health were analyzed separately in men and women.

Results

The health status of the participants and

SUBMITTER: Hornell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2988699 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature