Empirical Dietary Patterns Associated with Food Insecurity in U.S. Cancer Survivors: NHANES 1999-2018.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Food insecurity (FI) is a public health and sociodemographic phenomenon that besets many cancer survivors in the United States. FI in cancer survivors may arise as a consequence of financial toxicity stemming from treatment costs, physical impairment, labor force egress, or a combination of those factors. To our knowledge, an understanding of the dietary intake practices of this population has not been delineated but is imperative for addressing the needs of this vulnerable population; (2) Methods: Using data from NHANES, 1999-2018, we characterized major dietary patterns in the food insecure cancer survivor population using: i. penalized logistic regression (logit) and ii. principal components analysis (PCA). We validated these patterns by examining the association of thos

SUBMITTER: Maino Vieytes CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9656362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature