Assessing food dietary intakes in Japanese-Brazilians using factor analysis Avaliação da ingestão de alimentos por nipo-brasileiros utilizando análise fatorial

We describe the use of factor analysis for assessing food habits in Japanese-Brazilians. Dietary data from 1,283 participants of a cross-sectional study were used. Besides statistical criteria, we also used the conceptual meaning of identified profiles to obtain scores for dietary patterns (Japanese...

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Main Authors: Suely Godoy Agostinho Gimeno, Solange Andreoni, Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira, Laércio Joel Franco, Marly Augusto Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2010-11-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2010001100017