Since we relied more on alcohol intake ranking, rather than on absolute levels, and we used the CAGE questionnaire to estimate problem drinking, it is unlikely that misclassification of alcohol intake introduced a major bias.
According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation [ 2], among the risk factors for death in both men and women all over Europe, inappropriate dietary intakes rank highest, followed by high blood pressure, while ischaemic heart disease and stroke are the two most common causes of death.
Overall, the findings presented in Figure 2 indicate that reduced calorie intake would rank the best among three approaches tested in this system.
Statistical analyses Estimated folate intakes were ranked by tertiles using the two dietary assessment approaches and the rankings were compared.
In general the shorter version yields lower total energy intake reports but rank subjects in the same order [ 21].
Concerning the increase in milk intake with the rank of the lamb in a group meal; we can postulate that lambs that access the teat first are more likely to be disturbed during sucking by other queuing lambs than the lambs that feed later on, and this reduces the quantity of milk that the first feeders can consume.
Intake was also ranked according to the weekly frequency of alcohol consumption: 1 day; 2-3 days; 4-5 dand; and 6-7 days.
The relative risk of cancer comparing quartiles of daily dietary acrylamide intake based on ranking of food items is presented in Table 4 > -wrap-foot>.
However, the analyses we performed were based on the rank ordering of intake, not on absolute intake levels.
The difference in feed intake between the top ranked birds based on different residual feed efficiency traits may be small when looking at the average individual, however, when extrapolated to the production level, the lower feed intake values could lead to significant savings in feed costs over time.
