Table 3

Correspondence between the original data and test data when using "Standard portion sizes" and "Simplified coding": Pearson correlation coefficients (r), and percent agreement (%) in cross-classification, of energy and nutrient estimates, separately for women (n = 2660) and men (n = 1769).

Energy and nutrients
Standard portion-sizes
Simplified coding



Women
Men
Women
Men

r
%
r
%
r
%
r
%

Energya
0.992
88
0.989
85
0.999
97
0.999
98
Total fatb
0.992
90
0.992
90
0.997
92
0.998
94
Linoleic acidb
0.982
84
0.984
86
0.996
94
0.997
92
α linolenic acidb
0.983
85
0.984
86
0.997
93
0.998
94
Eicosapentaenoic acidb
0.992
90
0.993
92
0.995
95
0.996
96
Tocopherolb
0.990
88
0.990
89
0.997
93
0.997
94
Seleniumb
0.984
85
0.984
86
0.996
93
0.995
94
β-caroteneb
0.998
96
0.997
95
0.988
91
0.981
89
Ascorbic acidb
0.996
94
0.993
93
0.998
96
0.998
95
Dietary fibreb
0.996
94
0.992
93
0.999
97
0.999
97
B12 b
0.995
90
0.996
92
0.991
93
0.996
95

a Unadjusted bEnergy-adjusted (residual method)

Wirfält et al. Nutrition Journal 2002 1:3   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-1-3