Substitution Analysis in Nutrition Sciences: A Tutorial

Journal article

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.

Authors: Doaei, S; Mosavi Jarrahi, A; Gholamalizadeh, M; Nazarzadeh, M

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: EpiSmart Science Vector
• Journal: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 55-57
• Publication date: 2016-09-25
• DOI: 10.31557/apjcb.2016.1.3.55-57
• ISSN: 2538-4635
• Language: English
• Keywords: Nutrient; Ecology; Outcome (game theory); Mathematics; Computer science; Biology; Statistical analysis; Epidemiology; Statistics; Internal medicine; Medicine; Nutritional epidemiology; Environmental health