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

• Main Authors: Suely Godoy Agostinho Gimeno (Author), Solange Andreoni (Author), Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira (Author), Laércio Joel Franco (Author), Marly Augusto Cardoso (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...