Dietary patterns throughout childhood and associations with nutrient intakes
Dietary patterns throughout childhood and associations with nutrient intakes
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DOI:
10.1017/s1368980012004132
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发表时间:
2013-10-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Northstone, Kate
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作者:
Cribb, Victoria;Emmett, Pauline;Northstone, Kate
Objective: To examine how the dietary patterns of children at various time points throughout childhood relate to estimated nutrient intakes.Design: FFQ at 3, 4, 7 and 9 years of age were completed by mothers. Dietary patterns were identified cross-sectionally using principal component analysis; 'processed', 'health conscious' and 'traditional' patterns were consistently obtained. Correlations between pattern scores and nutrient intakes and proportions of variance in nutrients explained by the patterns were calculated.Setting: Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), Bristol, UK.Subjects: Children provided data between 3 and 9 years of age (n 8010 to 10 023).Results: Dietary patterns explained substantial proportions of the variance of the absolute intake for most nutrients (>25% at 3 years of age, >40% other ages). After energy adjustment, protein, fibre, K, Mg, Fe, Zn, folate, thiamin and vitamin B-6 continued to be well explained. Strong correlations were observed between the 'processed' pattern and macronutrients including energy (r = 0.481-0.619), total fat (r = 0.529-0.662) and total sugar (r = 0.475-0.693). However correlations with most micronutrients were reversed after energy adjustment, suggesting that the 'processed' pattern is energy-dense but nutrient-poor. The 'health conscious' and 'traditional' patterns were strongly positively correlated with protein, fibre and most micronutrients, whether energy adjusted or not. Higher scores on these patterns were associated with a better nutrient profile.Conclusions: Dietary patterns explain a reasonable amount of the variation in the nutrient content of diets. Higher scores on the 'health conscious' and 'traditional' dietary patterns were related to better nutrient profiles; conversely, with higher scores on the 'processed' pattern the nutrient profile was poorer.