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Title: A short screener is valid for assessing mediterranean diet adherence among older spanish men and women
Author: Schröder, Helmut, 1958-
Fitó Colomer, Montserrat
Estruch Riba, Ramon
Martínez-González, Miguel Ángel, 1957-
Corella Piquer, Dolores
Salas Salvadó, Jordi
Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma.
Ros Rahola, Emilio
Salaverria Frigola, Itziar
Fiol Sala, Miguel
Lapetra, José
Vinyoles, Ernest
Gómez Gracia, Enrique
Lahoz, Carlos
Serra Majem, Lluís
Pintó Sala, Xavier
Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Valentina
Covas Planells, María Isabel
Keywords: Cuina mediterrània
Medicina preventiva
Malalties coronàries
Lípids de la sang
Factors de risc en les malalties
Persones grans
Qüestionaris
Espanya
Sucre en l'organisme
Mediterranean cooking
Preventive medicine
Coronary diseases
Blood lipids
Risk factors in diseases
Older people
Questionnaires
Spain
Sugar in the body
Issue Date: 20-Apr-2011
Publisher: American Society for Nutrition
Abstract: Ensuring the accuracy of dietary assessment instruments is paramount for interpreting diet-disease relationships. The present study assessed the relative and construct validity of the 14-point Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) used in the Prevencio´n con Dieta Mediterra´nea (PREDIMED) study, a primary prevention nutrition-intervention trial. A validated FFQ and the MEDAS were administered to 7146 participants of the PREDIMED study. The MEDASderived PREDIMED score correlated significantly with the corresponding FFQ PREDIMED score (r = 0.52; intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.51) and in the anticipated directions with the dietary intakes reported on the FFQ. Using Bland Altman"s analysis, the average MEDAS Mediterranean diet score estimate was 105% of the FFQ PREDIMED score estimate. Limits of agreement ranged between 57 and 153%. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that a higher PREDIMED score related directly (P , 0.001) to HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and inversely (P , 0.038) to BMI, waist circumference, TG, the TG:HDL-C ratio, fasting glucose, and the cholesterol:HDL-C ratio. The 10-y estimated coronary artery disease risk decreased as the PREDIMED score increased (P , 0.001). The MEDAS is a valid instrument for rapid estimation of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and may be useful in clinical practice.
Note: http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/jn.110.135566
It is part of: The Journal of Nutrition, 2011, vol. 141, num. 6, p. 1140-1145
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/58564
Related resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/jn.110.135566
ISSN: 0022-3166
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