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SUBMITTER: Mertens E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5295119 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mertens Elly E Markey Oonagh O Geleijnse Johanna M JM Givens David Ian DI Lovegrove Julie A JA
Nutrients 20170118 1
Dietary behaviour is an important modifiable factor in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. The study aimed to identify dietary patterns (DPs) and explore their association with CVD incidence and risk markers. A follow-up of 1838 middle-aged men, aged 47-67 years recruited into the Caerphilly Prospective Cohort Study at phase 2 (1984-1988) was undertaken. Principal component analysis identified three DPs at baseline, which explained 24.8% of the total variance of food intake. DP1, characteri ...[more]