RT Journal Article T1 Diet Quality Scores and Prediction of All-Cause, Cardiovascular and Cancer Mortality in a Pan-European Cohort Study. A1 Lassale, Camille A1 Gunter, Marc J A1 Romaguera, Dora A1 Peelen, Linda M A1 Van der Schouw, Yvonne T A1 Beulens, Joline W J A1 Freisling, Heinz A1 Muller, David C A1 Ferrari, Pietro A1 Huybrechts, Inge A1 Fagherazzi, Guy A1 Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine A1 Affret, Aurélie A1 Overvad, Kim A1 Dahm, Christina C A1 Olsen, Anja A1 Roswall, Nina A1 Tsilidis, Konstantinos K A1 Katzke, Verena A A1 Kühn, Tilman A1 Buijsse, Brian A1 Quirós, José-Ramón A1 Sánchez-Cantalejo, Emilio A1 Etxezarreta, Nerea A1 Huerta, José María A1 Barricarte, Aurelio A1 Bonet, Catalina A1 Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 Key, Timothy J A1 Trichopoulou, Antonia A1 Bamia, Christina A1 Lagiou, Pagona A1 Palli, Domenico A1 Agnoli, Claudia A1 Tumino, Rosario A1 Fasanelli, Francesca A1 Panico, Salvatore A1 Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas A1 Boer, Jolanda M A A1 Sonestedt, Emily A1 Nilsson, Lena Maria A1 Renström, Frida A1 Weiderpass, Elisabete A1 Skeie, Guri A1 Lund, Eiliv A1 Moons, Karel G M A1 Riboli, Elio A1 Tzoulaki, Ioanna AB Scores of overall diet quality have received increasing attention in relation to disease aetiology; however, their value in risk prediction has been little examined. The objective was to assess and compare the association and predictive performance of 10 diet quality scores on 10-year risk of all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality in 451,256 healthy participants to the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, followed-up for a median of 12.8y. All dietary scores studied showed significant inverse associations with all outcomes. The range of HRs (95% CI) in the top vs. lowest quartile of dietary scores in a composite model including non-invasive factors (age, sex, smoking, body mass index, education, physical activity and study centre) was 0.75 (0.72-0.79) to 0.88 (0.84-0.92) for all-cause, 0.76 (0.69-0.83) to 0.84 (0.76-0.92) for CVD and 0.78 (0.73-0.83) to 0.91 (0.85-0.97) for cancer mortality. Models with dietary scores alone showed low discrimination, but composite models also including age, sex and other non-invasive factors showed good discrimination and calibration, which varied little between different diet scores examined. Mean C-statistic of full models was 0.73, 0.80 and 0.71 for all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality. Dietary scores have poor predictive performance for 10-year mortality risk when used in isolation but display good predictive ability in combination with other non-invasive common risk factors. YR 2016 FD 2016-07-13 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10264 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10264 LA en DS RISalud RD May 12, 2025