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Dietary Patterns and Socioeconomic Status in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study
Antoneta Granic, Karen Davies, Ashley Adamson, Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, Tom R. Hill, Mario Siervo, John Cummings Mathers, Carol Jagger. PLoS ONE, 2015-10-21
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
We identified three distinct DP (characterised as 'High Red Meat', 'Low Meat', and 'High Butter') that varied with key sociodemographic, health and functioning measures. 'Low Meat' participants were more advantaged (i.e. higher education and occupational class, and lived in more affluent areas in owned homes), were least disabled, cognitively impaired, and depressed, and were more physically active than those in the other DP. After adjusting for other lifestyle factors, cognitive status and BMI, lower educational attainment remained a significant predictor of 'High Red Meat' and 'High Butter' membership compared with 'Low Meat' ('High Red Meat': OR [95% CI] for 0-9 and 10-11 years of education vs. ≥12 years: 5.28 [2.85-9.79], p<0.001 and 3.27 [1.65-6.51], p = 0.001, respectively; 'High Butter': 3.32 [1.89-5.82], p<0.001 and 2.83 [1.52-5.28], p = 0.001). In this cohort of very old adults, we detected a favourable DP ('Low Meat'), which was associated with better health and functioning and higher SES.
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Granic, A., Davies, K., Adamson, A., Kirkwood, T. B. L., Hill, T. R., Siervo, M., et al. (2015). Dietary Patterns and Socioeconomic Status in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139713
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Granic A, Davies K, Adamson A, Kirkwood TBL, Hill TR, Siervo M, et al. Dietary Patterns and Socioeconomic Status in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study. PLoS ONE. 2015. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139713. PMID: 26488497.
BibTeX
@article{granic2015-26488497,
author = {Granic, Antoneta and Davies, Karen and Adamson, Ashley and Kirkwood, Thomas B. L. and Hill, Tom R. and Siervo, Mario and Mathers, John Cummings and Jagger, Carol},
title = {{Dietary Patterns and Socioeconomic Status in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study}},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
year = {2015},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0139713},
pmid = {26488497},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139713}
}
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Key findings
- We identified three distinct DP (characterised as 'High Red Meat', 'Low Meat', and 'High Butter') that varied with key sociodemographic, health and functioning measures. 'Low Meat' participants were more advantaged (i.e. higher education and occupational class, and lived in more affluent areas in owned homes), were least disabled, cognitively impaired, and depressed, and were more physically active than those in the other DP.
- After adjusting for other lifestyle factors, cognitive status and BMI, lower educational attainment remained a significant predictor of 'High Red Meat' and 'High Butter' membership compared with 'Low Meat' ('High Red Meat': OR [95% CI] for 0-9 and 10-11 years of education vs. ≥12 years: 5.28 [2.85-9.79], p<0.001 and 3.27 [1.65-6.51], p = 0.001, respectively; 'High Butter': 3.32 [1.89-5.82], p<0.001 and 2.83 [1.52-5.28], p = 0.001).
- In this cohort of very old adults, we detected a favourable DP ('Low Meat'), which was associated with better health and functioning and higher SES.
Why it matters
In people aged 85 and over, lower education was linked to dietary patterns characterized by high red meat and high butter, while a 'Low Meat' pattern was linked to better health and higher socioeconomic status. This is about diet and socioeconomic factors, not about treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
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Study details
- Participants793
- Evidence strengthModerate
How this study scored 45/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (PLoS ONE) |
| Journal's citation record | 4 / 4 | PLoS ONE: journal h-index 594 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 3 / 5 | Rated “moderate” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2015 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 2 / 4 | 793 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 3 / 7 | Cited 31 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 1 / 5 | 2.4 citations a year over 13 year(s) since 2015 |
| Impact for its field and year | 2 / 6 | Cited 2.9× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 1 / 4 | Cited 6 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 3 / 4 | Last-listed author Carol Jagger: h-index 84 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 1 / 3 | Newcastle University: institution h-index 932 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 26488497) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 45 / 100 | — |
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