Reproducibility and relative validity of dietary glycaemic index and glycaemic load assessed by the food-frequency questionnaire used in the dutch cohorts of the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 601-604

  Du, Huaidong ^a,b   Van Der A, Daphne L ^a   Van Bakel, Marit M E ^c   Verberne, Lisa D M ^a,d   Ocké, Marga ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FFQ; Glycaemic index; Glycaemic load; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; FOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FOOD; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149124455     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508207269     Document Type: Article

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