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A Short Screener Is Valid for Assessing Mediterranean Diet Adherence among Older Spanish Men and Women.
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PMID:  21508208     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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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 Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea (PREDIMED) study, a primary prevention nutrition-intervention trial. A validated FFQ and the MEDAS were administered to 7146 participants of the PREDIMED study. The MEDAS-derived 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.
Authors:
Helmut Schröder; Montserrat Fitó; Ramón Estruch; Miguel A Martínez-González; Dolores Corella; Jordi Salas-Salvadó; Rosa Lamuela-Raventós; Emilio Ros; Itziar Salaverría; Miquel Fiol; José Lapetra; Ernest Vinyoles; Enrique Gómez-Gracia; Carlos Lahoz; Lluis Serra-Majem; Xavier Pintó; Valentina Ruiz-Gutierrez; María-Isabel Covas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-4-20
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of nutrition     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1541-6100     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-4-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404243     Medline TA:  J Nutr     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group, IMIM-Institut de Recerca del Hospital del Mar, Barcelona 08003, Spain.
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