Affiliations 

  • 1 Dietetics Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 School of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 4 School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
  • 6 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 7 School of Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Taylor's University Lakeside Campus, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: tilly_karu@yahoo.co.uk
J Ren Nutr, 2020 07;30(4):322-332.
PMID: 31767516 DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2019.09.010

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to (i) determine habitual dietary patterns of Malaysian patients on hemodialysis (HD) and (ii) examine their association with nutritional status.

METHODS: An à posteriori approach examined 3-day dietary recalls of 382 multiethnic Malaysian patients on HD, leading to short-listing of 31 food groups. Dietary patterns were derived through principal component analysis. Sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics together with nutritional parameters were examined for associations with specific dietary patterns.

RESULTS: Four dietary patterns emerged, namely, "Home Food," "Eating Out (EO)-Rice," "EO-Sugar sweetened beverages," and "EO-Noodle." Younger patients, male gender, Malay, and patients with working status were more likely to follow "EO-Rice" and "EO-Sugar sweetened beverages" patterns, while Chinese patients were more likely to consume "EO-Noodle" pattern (all P values 

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