title: Sex-Specific Sociodemographic Correlates of Dietary Patterns in a Large Sample of French Elderly Individuals.
abstract: This cross-sectional analysis provides up-to-date information about dietary patterns (DP) and their sociodemographic correlates in European elderly individuals. We studied 6686 enrollees aged 65+ (55% women) in the ongoing French population-based NutriNet-Santé e-cohort. Diet was assessed via three 24 h records. The sex-specific correlates of factor analysis derived DP were identified with multivariable linear regression. Using 22 pre-defined food groups, three DP were extracted. The "healthy" DP (fruit, vegetables, grains, nuts, fish) was positively associated with education, living alone, and being a former smoker (women), and negatively associated with being overweight, current smoker (men), age 75+ years, having hypertension, and obesity (women). The "western" DP (meat, appetizers, cheese, alcohol) was positively associated with BMI (men) and being a former/current smoker; it was negatively associated with age 75+ years (women) and living alone. The "traditional" DP (bread, potatoes, milk, vegetables, butter, stock) was positively associated with age and negatively associated with being a former/current smoker, education (men), and residing in an urban/semi-urban area. The findings support the diversity of DP among the elderly, highlighting sex-specific differences. The "healthy" DP explained the largest amount of variance in intake. Future studies could replicate the models in longitudinal and international contexts.
authors: Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, UMR Université Paris 13/Inserm U1153/Inra U1125/Cnam, Bobigny 93017, France. v.andreeva@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr.
authors: Valentina A
authors: VA
authors: Andreeva
authors: Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, UMR Université Paris 13/Inserm U1153/Inra U1125/Cnam, Bobigny 93017, France. b.alles@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr.
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Allès
authors: Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Inra U1324, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon 21000, France. gilles.feron@dijon.inra.fr.
authors: Gilles
authors: G
authors: Feron
authors: Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, UMR Université Paris 13/Inserm U1153/Inra U1125/Cnam, Bobigny 93017, France. r.gonzalez@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr.
authors: Rebeca
authors: R
authors: Gonzalez
authors: Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation, CNRS, Inra U1324, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon 21000, France. Claire.Sulmont@dijon.inra.fr.
authors: Claire
authors: C
authors: Sulmont-Rossé
authors: Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, UMR Université Paris 13/Inserm U1153/Inra U1125/Cnam, Bobigny 93017, France. p.galan@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr.
authors: Pilar
authors: P
authors: Galan
authors: Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, UMR Université Paris 13/Inserm U1153/Inra U1125/Cnam, Bobigny 93017, France. s.hercberg@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr.|Département de Santé Publique, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny 93017, France. s.hercberg@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr.
authors: Serge
authors: S
authors: Hercberg
authors: Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle (EREN), Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Statistiques COMUE Sorbonne-Paris-Cité, UMR Université Paris 13/Inserm U1153/Inra U1125/Cnam, Bobigny 93017, France. c.mejean@eren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr.
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Méjean
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000208:ethnology; D015930:Diet Records; D000072001:Diet, Healthy / Q000208:ethnology; D066273:Diet, Western / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000208:ethnology; D004522:Educational Status; D058620:Elder Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000208:ethnology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000208:ethnology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000208:ethnology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014504:Urban Health / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: dietary patterns; elderly; general population; sociodemographic factors