The results showed that evidence is scarce and that very few scores fulfilled the applicability parameters and psychometric quality .
Scores measuring adherence to MD are useful tools for identifying the dietary patterns of a given population .
OBJECTIVE The aim of this review was to evaluate the conceptual suitability , applicability and psychometric properties of scores used internationally to measure adherence to the Mediterranean diet ( MD ) .
The Mediterranean score of dietary habits in Chinese populations in four different geographical areas
Objective : To compare the dietary intake of Chinese people living in Pan Yu , Hong Kong , San Francisco and Sydney with respect to cardiovascular health , using the Mediterranean diet score , examining the effects of age , gender , urbanization and acculturation on the diet score . Subjects : A total of 500 men and 510 women in Hong Kong were recruited as a territory-wide stratified r and om sample . Subjects were recruited in response to  local advertisements for the other three sites : Pan Yu , 58 men , 95 women ; San Francisco , 166 men , 192 women ; Sydney , 95 men , 73 women . Method : Food-frequency question naire over a 7 week period . A high/healthy score was taken as ≥4 for men and ≥3 for women , representing a dietary pattern beneficial for cardiovascular health . Results : In Hong Kong , more women in the middle age group ( 35–54 ) had a high score than other age groups , and overall more women had high scores than men . In comparing the four geographical regions , Pan Yu had the highest number of subjects with high score , and Hong Kong had the lowest . With the exception of the younger population and men in Hong Kong , the percentage of the population with a high score in all sites is greater than among elderly Greeks consuming a more traditional heart-healthy Mediterranean diet . Conclusion : Considerable variations in Chinese dietary patterns exist with respect to age , gender and geographic location . Overall , the Chinese diet is comparable to the Mediterranean diet and may be expected to have similar health benefits that have been documented for the traditional Mediterranean diet . European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ( 2001 ) 55 ,
The results showed that evidence is scarce and that very few scores fulfilled the applicability parameters and psychometric quality .
Scores measuring adherence to MD are useful tools for identifying the dietary patterns of a given population .
OBJECTIVE The aim of this review was to evaluate the conceptual suitability , applicability and psychometric properties of scores used internationally to measure adherence to the Mediterranean diet ( MD ) .