Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Dietary patterns"
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Magnesium intake predicts bone turnover in postmenopausal black South African women
(MDPI, 2019)This prospective study investigated the association between nutrient intake, dietary patterns, and changes in bone turnover and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal urban black South African women over two years. ... -
Missing data imputation via the expectation-maximization algorithm can improve principal component analysis aimed at deriving biomarker profiles and dietary patterns
(Elsevier, 2020)Principal component analysis (PCA) is a popular statistical tool. However, despite numerous advantages, the good practice of imputing missing data before PCA is not common. In the present work, we evaluated the hypothesis ... -
Nutrient patterns associated with fasting glucose and glycated haemoglobin levels in a Black South African population
(MDPI, 2017)Type 2 diabetes (T2D) burden is increasing globally. However, evidence regarding nutrient patterns associated with the biomarkers of T2D is limited. This study set out to determine the nutrient patterns associated with ...