Relative validity of food intake estimates using a food frequency questionnaire is associated with sex, age, and other personal characteristics

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 459-465

  Marks, Geoffrey C ^a   Hughes, Maria Celia ^b   Van Der Pols, Jolieke C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Food frequency questionnaire; Relative validity; Validation; Weighed diet records

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETABLE;

EID: 32444438933     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.2.459     Document Type: Article

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