Assessment of questionnaire validity for measuring total fat intake using plasma lipid levels as criteria

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1107-1112

  Willett, Walter ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir ^a,b   Chu, Nain Feng ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Holmes, Michelle ^b   Rimm, Eric ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Diet surveys; Dietary fats; Dietary fiber; Dietary proteins; Energy intake; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

FOOD CONSUMPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FASTING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0035892864     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.12.1107     Document Type: Article

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