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  • Title: Alpha-priori and alpha-posterior dietary pattern analyses have similar estimating and discriminating ability in predicting 5-Y incidence of cardiovascular disease: methodological issues in nutrition assessment.
    Author: Panagiotakos DB, Pitsavos C, Stefanadis C.
    Journal: J Food Sci; 2009 Sep; 74(7):H218-24. PubMed ID: 19895473.
    Abstract:
    The 5-y incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in relation to dietary habits was evaluated, using 2 methodological approaches, an alpha-priori and an alpha-posterior diet pattern analyses. The aim of this study was to compare these methods in predicting CVD events. From May 2001 to December 2002, 3042 men and women (>18 y) without any clinical evidence of CVD were enrolled in the ATTICA study. In 2006, the 5-y follow-up was performed (941 of the 3042 [31%] participants were lost to follow-up). Development of CVD (coronary heart disease, acute coronary syndromes, stroke, or other CVD) during the follow-up period was defined according to WHO-ICD-10 criteria. An alpha-posterior statistical method, principal component analysis (PCA), was applied to extract dietary patterns from various foods or food groups. Moreover, a special diet score that incorporates inherent characteristics of the Mediterranean diet (the MedDietScore) was also used to assess level of adherence to this diet (alpha-priori approach). Using PCA 10 components were extracted that explained the 57% of the total variation in intake. The model that also included various potential confounders together with the extracted components showed adequate goodness of fit and very good discriminating ability (C-statistic = 0.85). The other model that included the same potential confounders together with the MedDietScore also showed adequate goodness of fit and very good discriminating ability, too (C-statistic = 0.83). alpha-priori and alpha-posterior dietary assessment showed similar estimating and discriminating ability in predicting CVD, in our sample.
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