SynthesisAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2020
Reproducibility and Validity of A Posteriori Dietary Patterns: A Systematic Review.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Are Major a Posteriori Dietary Patterns Reproducible in the Italian Population? A Systematic Review and Quantitative Assessment.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- Evaluation of Dietary Patterns and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2021Pooled it
- Data-Driven Clustering Approach to Derive Taste Perception Profiles from Sweet, Salt, Sour, Bitter, and Umami Perception Scores: An Illustration among Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome.The Journal of nutrition · 2021Trial
- Differential Network-Based Dietary Structure and Type 2 Diabetes Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study Using Food Co-Consumption Networks.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Adversity, adiposity, nutrition and metabolic well-being in multi-ethnic Asia.Nature metabolism · 2026Review
- Association between EAT-Lancet diet adherence and incident type 2 diabetes in Shanghai adults: a prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Association between food security status and dietary patterns in a cohort of first-time food-aid users.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Article
- Examining Generalizability across Different Surveys: Comparing Nutrient-Based Food Patterns and Their Cross-Sectional Associations with Cardiometabolic Health in the United States Hispanic/Latino Adults.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
- A Clustering Study of Dietary Patterns and Physical Activity among Workers of the Uruguayan State Electrical Company.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Examining Generalizability of Nutrient-Based Food Patterns and Their Cross-Sectional Associations with Cardiometabolic Health for Hispanic/Latino Adults in the US: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Are Dietary Patterns Related to Cognitive Performance in 7-Year-Old Children? Evidence from a Birth Cohort in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Framework of Methodology to Assess the Link between A Posteriori Dietary Patterns and Nutritional Adequacy: Application to Pregnancy.Metabolites · 2022Article
- Dietary Patterns among Older People and the Associations with Social Environment and Individual Factors in Taiwan: A Multilevel Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Relationship Between Dietary Patterns and Chronic Diseases in Rural Population: Management Plays an Important Role in the Link.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- A Systematic Review of the Methods Used to Assess and Report Dietary Patterns.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Dietary Patterns, Eating Behavior, and Nutrient Intakes of Spanish Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.Nutrients · 2021Observational
- Meal Pattern Analysis in Nutritional Science: Recent Methods and Findings.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Review
- Effects of a Diet Based on Foods from Symbiotic Agriculture on the Gut Microbiota of Subjects at Risk for Metabolic Syndrome.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Identification and reproducibility of dietary patterns assessed with a FFQ among women planning pregnancy.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Data-Driven Dietary Patterns, Nutrient Intake and Body Weight Status in a Cross-Section of Singaporean Children Aged 6-12 Years.Nutrients · 2021Article
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Abstract
The effective use of dietary patterns (DPs) remains limited. There is a need to assess their consistency over multiple administrations of the same dietary source, different dietary sources, or across different studies. Similarly, their generalizability should be based on a previous assessment of DP construct validity. However, to date, no systematic reviews of reproducibility and validity of a posteriori DPs have been carried out. In addition, several methodological questions related to their identification are still open and prevent a fair comparison of epidemiological results on DPs and disease. A systematic review of the literature on the PubMed database was conducted. We identified 218 articles, 64 of which met the inclusion criteria. Of these, the 38 articles dealing with reproducibility and relative and construct validity of DPs were included. These articles (published in 1999-2017, 53% from 2010 onwards) were based on observational studies conducted worldwide. The 14 articles that assessed DP reproducibility across different statistical solutions examined different research questions. Included were: the number of food groups or subjects; input variable format (as well as adjustment for energy intake); algorithms and the number of DPs to retain in cluster analysis; rotation method; and score calculation in factor analysis. However, we identified at most 3 articles per research question on DP reproducibility across statistical solutions. From another 15 articles, reproducibility of DPs over shorter (≤1 y) time periods was generally good and higher than DP relative validity (as measured across different dietary sources). Confirmatory factor analysis was used in 15 of the included articles. It provided reassuring results in identifying valid dietary constructs characterizing the populations under consideration. Based on the available evidence, only suggestive conclusions can be derived on reproducibility across different statistical solutions. Nevertheless, most identified DPs showed good reproducibility, fair relative validity, and good construct validity.
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