Table 3

Measures of reproducibility for the intake of food groups (g/day) in the test and retest food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), n = 1370


Test (FFQ1)
Retest (FFQ2)
Within person differences (FFQ1-FFQ2)
Pearson
Spearman






Food group (no. items)
Mean
SDa
Mean
SD
Mean
95% CIb
Mean ± 2 SDc
r
95% CI
rs

Potatoes (1)
107
56
103
57
3.4
(1.2, 5.7)
(-80, 87)
0.72
(0.69, 0.75)
0.70
Vegetables (7)
118
75
116
71
1.3
(-1.7, 4.4)
(-112, 115)
0.69
(0.66, 0.72)
0.71
Fruits (5)
200
127
185
130
15.4
(10.0, 20.8)
(-185, 216)
0.68
(0.65, 0.71)
0.71
Dairy products (12)
207
161
203
159
3.3
(-4.0, 10.6)
(-266, 273)
0.63
(0.60, 0.66)
0.76
     Drinking milk, yogurt, cheese on bread (9)
181
158
179
154
2.4
(-4.8, 9.7)
(-264, 269)
0.62
(0.58, 0.65)
0.74
     Cream desserts, milk based puddings (3)
25
25
25
26
0.8
(-0.2, 1.8)
(-36, 38)
0.72
(0.70, 0.75)
0.80
Cereal and cereal products (7)
161
65
154
63
7.0
(3.8, 10.2)
(-112, 126)
0.55
(0.52, 0.59)
0.55
     Bread, crisp bread, breakfast cereal (5)
131
61
124
57
6.3
(3.3, 9.3)
(-103, 116)
0.55
(0.52, 0.59)
0.55
     Pasta and rice (2)
30
23
30
22
0.7
(-0.2, 1.7)
(-36, 37)
0.66
(0.63, 0.69)
0.68
Meat and meat products (11)
96
46
95
45
0.2
(-2.0, 2.4)
(-81, 81)
0.59
(0.55, 0.62)
0.58
     Read meat and chicken (5)
28
17
29
17
-1.1
(-1.9, -0.3)
(-31, 29)
0.62
(0.58, 0.65)
0.63
     Processed meat (6)
68
37
67
37
1.3
(-0.6, 3.1)
(-66, 69)
0.57
(0.53, 0.60)
0.56
Fish and shellfish (17)
128
77
123
73
5.1
(1.9, 8.4)
(-116, 127)
0.66
(0.63, 0.69)
0.69
     Whole fish (filets, steaks) and shellfish (8)
81
60
77
59
4.2
(1.4, 7.1)
(-100, 108)
0.60
(0.57, 0.63)
0.66
     Fish products (9)
47
30
46
28
0.9
(-0.5, 2.3)
(-51, 53)
0.58
(0.54, 0.61)
0.59
Eggs (1)
14
11
14
11
-0.7
(-1.1, -0.2)
(-16, 15)
0.72
(0.69, 0.74)
0.70
Fat (margarine, butter) on bread (7)
12
13
11
11
0.8
(0.3, 1.2)
(-17, 18)
0.72
(0.70, 0.75)
0.78
Cakes (6)
35
26
36
27
-0.3
(-1.5, 0.9)
(-44, 43)
0.65
(0.62, 0.68)
0.65
Orange juice, soft drinks, diluted syrups (3)
106
121
112
130
-6.6
(-12.1, -1.0)
(-211, 198)
0.66
(0.62, 0.68)
0.70
Coffee (boiled, filtered, instant) (3)
368
249
366
258
1.5
(-9.3, 12.4)
(-400, 403)
0.67
(0.64, 0.70)
0.73
Alcoholic beverages (wine, beer, spirits) (3)
32
51
41
60
-9.1
(-11.5, -6.7)
(-98, 80)
0.68
(0.65, 0.71)
0.76
Condiments and sauces for fish (5)
9
9
9
9
0.3
(-0.2, 0.8)
(-18, 18)
0.50
(0.46, 0.54)
0.58
Sweets and salty snacks (6)
25
19
25
19
0.1
(-0.8, 0.9)
(-31, 31)
0.66
(0.63, 0.69)
0.71
Cod liver oil supplements (4)
2
3
2
3
-0.1
(-0.2, 0.0)
(-4, 4)
0.79
(0.77, 0.81)
0.74

aSD = Standard deviation, bCI = Confidence interval, cReferred to as "limits of agreement" in the text

Parr et al. Nutrition Journal 2006 5:4   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-4

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