An application of partial least squares for identifying dietary patterns in bone health.

ABSTRACT: In a large cohort of older women, a mechanism-driven statistical technique for assessing dietary patterns that considers a potential nutrient pathway found two dietary patterns associated with lumbar spine and femoral neck bone mineral density. A "healthy" dietary pattern was observed to be beneficial for bone mineral density.

Introduction

Dietary patterns represent a broader, more realistic representation of how foods are consumed, compared to individual food or nutrient analyses. Partial least-squares (PLS) is a data-reduction technique for identifying dietary patterns that maximizes correlation between foods and nutrients hypothesized to be on the path to disease, is more hypothesis-driven than previous methods, and has not been applied to the study of dietary patterns in relatio

SUBMITTER: Yang TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5506508 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature