Gaussian Graphical Models Identify Networks of Dietary Intake in a German Adult Population [Methodology and Mathematical Modeling]

Conclusions: GGMs are a powerful exploratory method that can be used to construct dietary networks representing dietary intake patterns that reveal how foods are consumed in relation to each other. GGMs indicated an apparent major role of red meat intake in a consumption pattern in the studied population. In the future, identified networks might be transformed into pattern scores for investigating their associations with health outcomes.

Source: Journal of Nutrition - March 1, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Iqbal, K., Buijsse, B., Wirth, J., Schulze, M. B., Floegel, A., Boeing, H. Tags: Methodology and Mathematical Modeling Source Type: research