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. 2014 Jan 20;9(1):e86074.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086074. eCollection 2014.

Validity and reproducibility of a Spanish dietary history

Pilar Guallar-Castillón  1 , Jon Sagardui-Villamor  2 , Teresa Balboa-Castillo  3 , Aleix Sala-Vila  4 , Maria José Ariza Astolfi  5 , Maria Dolores Sarrión Pelous  5 , Luz María León-Muñoz  1 , Auxiliadora Graciani  1 , Martín Laclaustra  6 , Cristina Benito  1 , José Ramón Banegas  1 , Fernando Rodríguez Artalejo  1
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Validity and reproducibility of a Spanish dietary history

Pilar Guallar-Castillón et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Objective: To assess the validity and reproducibility of food and nutrient intake estimated with the electronic diet history of ENRICA (DH-E), which collects information on numerous aspects of the Spanish diet.

Methods: The validity of food and nutrient intake was estimated using Pearson correlation coefficients between the DH-E and the mean of seven 24-hour recalls collected every 2 months over the previous year. The reproducibility was estimated using intraclass correlation coefficients between two DH-E made one year apart.

Results: The correlations coefficients between the DH-E and the mean of seven 24-hour recalls for the main food groups were cereals (r = 0.66), meat (r = 0.66), fish (r = 0.42), vegetables (r = 0.62) and fruits (r = 0.44). The mean correlation coefficient for all 15 food groups considered was 0.53. The correlations for macronutrients were: energy (r = 0.76), proteins (r= 0.58), lipids (r = 0.73), saturated fat (r = 0.73), monounsaturated fat (r = 0.59), polyunsaturated fat (r = 0.57), and carbohydrates (r = 0.66). The mean correlation coefficient for all 41 nutrients studied was 0.55. The intraclass correlation coefficient between the two DH-E was greater than 0.40 for most foods and nutrients.

Conclusions: The DH-E shows good validity and reproducibility for estimating usual intake of foods and nutrients.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Design of validation study of diet history-ENRICA (DH-E).
Footnote: 24hR: 24-hour recall.
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