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Deriving the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) score in women from seven pregnancy cohorts from the European ALPHABET Consortium

Deriving the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) score in women from seven pregnancy cohorts from the European ALPHABET Consortium
Deriving the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) score in women from seven pregnancy cohorts from the European ALPHABET Consortium
The ALPHABET consortium aims to examine the interplays between maternal diet quality, epigenetics and offspring health in seven pregnancy/birth cohorts from five European countries. We aimed to use the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) score to assess diet quality, but different versions have been published. To derive a single DASH score allowing cross-country, cross-cohort and cross-period comparison and limiting data heterogeneity within the ALPHABET consortium, we harmonised food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) data collected before and during pregnancy in ≥26,500 women. Although FFQs differed strongly in length and content, we derived a consortium DASH score composed of eight food components by combining the prescriptive original DASH and the DASH described by Fung et al. Statistical issues tied to the nature of the FFQs led us to re-classify two food groups (grains and dairy products). Most DASH food components exhibited pronounced between-cohort variability, including non-full-fat dairy products (median intake ranging from 0.1 to 2.2 servings/day), sugar-sweetened beverages/sweets/added sugars (0.3–1.7 servings/day), fruits (1.1–3.1 servings/day), and vegetables (1.5–3.6 servings/day). We successfully developed a harmonized DASH score adapted to all cohorts being part of the ALPHABET consortium. This methodological work may benefit other research teams in adapting the DASH to their study’s specificities.
2072-6643
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Aubert, Adrien M., Forhan, Anne, de Laurzon-Guillian, Blandine, Chen, Ling-Wei, Polanska, Kinga, Hanke, Wojciech, Jankowska, Agnieszka, Mensink-Bout, Sara M., Duijts, Lisabeth, Suderman, Matthew, Relton, Caroline L., Crozier, Sarah, Harvey, Nicholas, Cooper, Cyrus, McAuliffe, Fionnuala M., Kelleher, Cecily C., Phillips, Catherine M., Heude, Barbara and Bernard, Jonathan Y. (2019) Deriving the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) score in women from seven pregnancy cohorts from the European ALPHABET Consortium. Nutrients. (doi:10.3390/nu11112706).

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The ALPHABET consortium aims to examine the interplays between maternal diet quality, epigenetics and offspring health in seven pregnancy/birth cohorts from five European countries. We aimed to use the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) score to assess diet quality, but different versions have been published. To derive a single DASH score allowing cross-country, cross-cohort and cross-period comparison and limiting data heterogeneity within the ALPHABET consortium, we harmonised food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) data collected before and during pregnancy in ≥26,500 women. Although FFQs differed strongly in length and content, we derived a consortium DASH score composed of eight food components by combining the prescriptive original DASH and the DASH described by Fung et al. Statistical issues tied to the nature of the FFQs led us to re-classify two food groups (grains and dairy products). Most DASH food components exhibited pronounced between-cohort variability, including non-full-fat dairy products (median intake ranging from 0.1 to 2.2 servings/day), sugar-sweetened beverages/sweets/added sugars (0.3–1.7 servings/day), fruits (1.1–3.1 servings/day), and vegetables (1.5–3.6 servings/day). We successfully developed a harmonized DASH score adapted to all cohorts being part of the ALPHABET consortium. This methodological work may benefit other research teams in adapting the DASH to their study’s specificities.

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Accepted/In Press date: 4 November 2019
Published date: 8 November 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 436021
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/436021
ISSN: 2072-6643
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ORCID for Sarah Crozier: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9524-1127
ORCID for Nicholas Harvey: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-2512
ORCID for Cyrus Cooper: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3510-0709

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Date deposited: 26 Nov 2019 17:30
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 02:58

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Author: Adrien M. Aubert
Author: Anne Forhan
Author: Blandine de Laurzon-Guillian
Author: Ling-Wei Chen
Author: Kinga Polanska
Author: Wojciech Hanke
Author: Agnieszka Jankowska
Author: Sara M. Mensink-Bout
Author: Lisabeth Duijts
Author: Matthew Suderman
Author: Caroline L. Relton
Author: Sarah Crozier ORCID iD
Author: Nicholas Harvey ORCID iD
Author: Cyrus Cooper ORCID iD
Author: Fionnuala M. McAuliffe
Author: Cecily C. Kelleher
Author: Catherine M. Phillips
Author: Barbara Heude
Author: Jonathan Y. Bernard

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