Kleiser Christina, Mensink Gert B M, Scheidt-Nave Christa, Kurth Bärbel-Maria
Robert Koch Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Reporting, Seestrasse 10, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
Br J Nutr. 2009 Aug;102(4):610-8. doi: 10.1017/S0007114509222689. Epub 2009 Feb 10.
For many epidemiological questions an overall indicator of healthy nutrition can be useful. Based on the data from the FFQ of the German Health Interview and Examination Study for children and adolescents (KiGGS) we developed a healthy nutrition score based on a comparison with current recommendations for children and adolescents. We observed independent and statistically significant relationships between the nutrition score and age, sex, socio-economic status, immigration background, level of urbanisation and residence in former East v. former West Germany. Furthermore, the nutrition score was statistically significantly related to serum concentrations of homocysteine (inverse association) and folate (positive associations). The construction of a healthy nutrition score appears to be useful for several reasons. For instance, our score can be used to summarise an abundance of dietary information to a single measure, to get an overall impression of diets of individuals or groups, which can be useful to detect certain risk groups.
对于许多流行病学问题而言，健康营养的总体指标可能会有所帮助。基于德国儿童和青少年健康访谈与检查研究（KiGGS）的食物频率问卷（FFQ）数据，我们通过与儿童和青少年当前的推荐标准进行比较，制定了一个健康营养评分。我们观察到营养评分与年龄、性别、社会经济地位、移民背景、城市化水平以及在德国前东部地区与前西部地区的居住情况之间存在独立且具有统计学意义的关系。此外，营养评分与同型半胱氨酸的血清浓度（呈负相关）和叶酸（呈正相关）在统计学上具有显著关联。构建健康营养评分似乎有几个方面的用处。例如，我们的评分可用于将大量饮食信息汇总为单一指标，以获得个人或群体饮食的总体印象，这对于发现某些风险群体可能会有所帮助。
