PMID- 15867942
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050920
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 0954-3007 (Print)
IS  - 0954-3007 (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 5
DP  - 2005 May
TI  - Use of variety/diversity scores for diet quality measurement: relation with 
      nutritional status of women in a rural area in Burkina Faso.
PG  - 703-16
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To develop scores for food variety and diversity to assess the 
      overall dietary quality in an African rural area; and to study their relationship 
      with the nutritional status of women of childbearing age. DESIGN: 
      Cross-sectional. SETTING: Sahelian rural area in the North-East Burkina Faso 
      (West Africa). SUBJECTS: A total of 691 mothers with children below the age of 5 
      y, selected at random in 30 villages. METHODS: A qualitative recall of women's 
      food consumption during the previous 24 h made it possible to calculate a food 
      variety score (FVS = count of food items consumed) and a dietary diversity score 
      (DDS = count of food groups, among 14 groups). These scores were then divided 
      into terciles. Body mass index (BMI), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) and body 
      fat percentage (BFP) were used to determine the women's nutritional status. 
      RESULTS: The overall dietary quality was poor: mean FVS (s.d.) = 8.3 (2.9) food 
      items; mean DDS = 5.1 (1.7) food groups. A clear relationship was shown between 
      both FVS and DDS (in terciles) and most nutritional indices. Women with a FVS in 
      the lowest tercile had a mean BMI of 20.1, while those in the highest tercile had 
      a BMI of 20.9 (P = 0.009). Those in the lowest tercile of DDS had a 22.8% 
      prevalence of underweight vs 9.8% in the highest tercile (P < 0.0001). The latter 
      relationship remained significant even when the subjects' sociodemographic and 
      economic characteristics were accounted for. CONCLUSION: Dietary scores measured 
      at the individual level are good proxies for overall dietary quality of women 
      living in a poor rural African area. These scores were also shown to be linked 
      with the nutritional status of women. FINANCING: IRD financed the study with the 
      assistance of UNICEF for the purchase of anthropometric equipment. The first 
      author received a research allowance from the French Ministry of Research through 
      the doctoral school 393 of Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI).
FAU - Savy, M
AU  - Savy M
AD  - Nutrition, Food, Societies Unit (WHO collaborating Centre for Nutrition), 
      Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 
      savy@ird.bf
FAU - Martin-Prevel, Y
AU  - Martin-Prevel Y
FAU - Sawadogo, P
AU  - Sawadogo P
FAU - Kameli, Y
AU  - Kameli Y
FAU - Delpeuch, F
AU  - Delpeuch F
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Eur J Clin Nutr
JT  - European journal of clinical nutrition
JID - 8804070
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anthropometry/methods
MH  - Arm/anatomy & histology
MH  - Body Composition/physiology
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Burkina Faso
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diet/standards/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Family Characteristics
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Nutrition Surveys
MH  - Nutritional Status/*physiology
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Rural Population/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
EDAT- 2005/05/04 09:00
MHDA- 2005/09/21 09:00
CRDT- 2005/05/04 09:00
PHST- 2005/05/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/09/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/05/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 1602135 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602135 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 May;59(5):703-16. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602135.