*Geek Box: Cumulative Meta-Analysis You’ll be familiar with the concept of a meta-analysis, in which multiple studies are included and …

*Geek Box: Interpreting Box Plots Boxplots may appear confusing, but in fact are easy – and very informative – when …

*Geek Box: Biomarkers of Dietary Intake “Biomarkers” are an attractive tool for nutrition science, particular epidemiology, as biomarkers may provide …

*Geek Box: Postprandial Metabolism  ‘Post-prandial’ refers to the period after eating a meal. Therefore, ‘post-prandial glycaemia’ refers to blood glucose …

*Geek Box: Open Label Trials & Within-Person Comparisons ‘Open label’ means that both the researchers and the participants know what …

*Geek Box: Esters & Carboxylic Acids In order to understand the differences in the type of omega-3 fatty acids used …

*Geek Box: Phytosterols Phytosterols comprise both plant stanols and plant sterols, but there is no clinical or statistically relevant difference …

*Geek Box: Validity We have discussed the concepts of reproducibility and validity in epidemiology in previous Deepdives, however, repetition always …

*Geek Box: Pathways of Hepatic Fat  How does fat get into the liver? There are a number of origins of …

*Geek Box: The LDL-Receptor  A major breakthrough in cardiovascular sciences was achieved in 1974, when Joseph Goldstein and Micheal Brown …