Characterising the reproducibility and reliability of dietary patterns among Yup'ik Alaska Native people
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Characterising the reproducibility and reliability of dietary patterns among Yup'ik Alaska Native people.
FFQ data can be used to characterise dietary patterns for diet-disease association studies. In the present study, we evaluated three previously defined dietary patterns--'subsistence foods', market-based 'processed foods' and 'fruits and vegetables'--among a sample of Yup'ik people from Southwest Alaska. We tested the reproducibility and reliability of the dietary patterns, as well as the assoc...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114514003596