reproducibility and relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire developed for female adolescents in suihua, north china再现性和相对有效性的食物频率问卷开发女性青少年在绥化市、华北.pdfVIP

Reproducibility and Relative Validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Developed for Female Adolescents in Suihua, North China 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 Wei Xia , Caihong Sun , Li Zhang , Xin Zhang , Jiajia Wang , Hui Wang , Lijie Wu * 1 Department of Children Health and Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, 2 Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China Abstract Background: This study aims to evaluate the reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) developed for female adolescents in the Suihua area of North China. The FFQ was evaluated against the average of 24-hour dietary recalls (24-HRs). Methodology/Principal Findings: A total of 168 female adolescents aged 12 to 18 completed nine three consecutive 24- HRs (one three consecutive 24 HRs per month) and two FFQs over nine months. The reproducibility of the FFQ was estimated using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), and its relative validity was assessed by comparing it with the 24- HRs. The mean values of the 24-HRs were lower than those of the FFQs, except for protein (in FFQ1) and iron (in FFQ2). The ICCs for all nutrients and food groups in FFQ1 and FFQ2 were moderately correlated (0.4–0.8). However, all the ICCs decreased after adjusting for energy. The weighted k statistic showed moderate agreement (0.40–0.6) for all nutrients and food groups, except for niacin and calcium, which showed poor agreement (0.35). The relative validity results indicate that the crude Spearman’s correlation coefficients of FFQ1 and the 24-HRs ranged from 0.41 (for Vitamin C) to 0.65 (for fruit). The coefficients of each nutrient and food group in FFQ2 and the 2