The rationale for using data reduction approach together with a nutrient-by-nutrient approach is that, although the data reduction approach groups together the nutrients with high correlation coefficients and provides a global view of a large number of similar variables, it may not capture a highly significant and independent predictive nutrient that might not have been grouped together with any other PCs otherwise.
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Link of dietary patterns with metabolic syndrome: analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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