Substitution Analysis in Nutrition Sciences: A Tutorial

Authors

  • Saeid Doaei Students` Research Committee, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Alireza Mosavi Jarrahi
  • Maryam Gholamalizadeh Students Research Committee, Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Milad Nazarzadeh Faculty Member at Social Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.

Keywords:

Substitution analysis- dietary intake- nutritional epidemiology

Abstract

Evaluating the effects of nutrients in our diet needs to enter more than one nutrient item (or food groups) in a single statistical unit. Accordingly, not only we consider the effects of a nutrient in health-related subjects, but also we find out the consequences of replacing and deleting nutrients. In nutritional epidemiology, substitutional analysis is used to evaluate the effects of various nutrients on a specific outcome. In the substitutional analysis, when some nutrients or foods are included in a single statistical model, investigation of the effects of several nutrients on the specific outcome is more achievable. The objective of this paper was to provide a detailed examination of the key aspects of substitutional analysis in nutritional sciences.

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Published

2016-09-25

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Research Articles/ Original Work

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