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Most nutritional research has focused on the effects of individual foods and nutrients, as well as of food groups. However, from an epidemiologic viewpoint, foods and nutrients are never eaten isolated and their effects are likely to interact [1]. These facts have led to the acceptance of a more holistic approach to diet, which is implemented by the identification of patterns of dietary intake in order to represent the complex interactions between foods and nutrients and avoid confounding effects that may mask true associations [1]. Several studies have used factor analysis or principal components analysis to derive dietary patterns.
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Ronco, A.L., De Stéfani, E. (2012). Dietary Patterns. In: Nutritional Epidemiology of Breast Cancer. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2397-9_7
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