PMID- 28946670
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180604
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 2072-6643 (Electronic)
IS  - 2072-6643 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 10
DP  - 2017 Sep 25
TI  - Relative Validity and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for 
      Assessing Dietary Intakes in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population Using 24-h Dietary 
      Recalls and Biomarkers.
LID - 10.3390/nu9101059 [doi]
LID - 1059
AB  - The assessment of diets in multi-ethnic cosmopolitan settings is challenging. A 
      semi-quantitative 163-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was developed for 
      the adult Singapore population, and this study aimed to assess its 
      reproducibility and relative validity against 24-h dietary recalls (24 h DR) and 
      biomarkers. The FFQ was administered twice within a six-month interval in 161 
      adults (59 Chinese, 46 Malay, and 56 Indian). Fasting plasma, overnight urine, 
      and 24 h DR were collected after one month and five months. Intra-class 
      correlation coefficients between the two FFQ were above 0.70 for most foods and 
      nutrients. The median correlation coefficient between energy-adjusted 
      deattenuated FFQ and 24 h DR nutrient intakes was 0.40 for FFQ1 and 0.39 for 
      FFQ2, highest for calcium and iron, and lowest for energy and carbohydrates. 
      Significant associations were observed between urinary isoflavones and soy 
      protein intake (r = 0.46), serum carotenoids and fruit and vegetable intake (r = 
      0.34), plasma eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid (EPA + DHA) and 
      fish/seafood intake (r = 0.36), and plasma odd chain saturated fatty acids (SFA) 
      and dairy fat intake (r = 0.25). Associations between plasma EPA + DHA and 
      fish/seafood intake were consistent across ethnic groups (r = 0.28-0.49), while 
      differences were observed for other associations. FFQ assessment of dietary 
      intakes in modern cosmopolitan populations remains feasible for the purpose of 
      ranking individuals' dietary exposures in epidemiological studies.
FAU - Whitton, Clare
AU  - Whitton C
AD  - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and 
      National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore. 
      clarewhitton@nus.edu.sg.
FAU - Ho, Jolene Chien Yee
AU  - Ho JCY
AD  - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and 
      National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore. 
      ephjhcy@nus.edu.sg.
FAU - Tay, Zoey
AU  - Tay Z
AD  - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and 
      National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore. 
      tayzoey@nus.edu.sg.
FAU - Rebello, Salome A
AU  - Rebello SA
AD  - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and 
      National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore. 
      ephsar@nus.edu.sg.
FAU - Lu, Yonghai
AU  - Lu Y
AD  - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and 
      National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore. 
      ephluyng@nus.edu.sg.
FAU - Ong, Choon Nam
AU  - Ong CN
AD  - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and 
      National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore. 
      ephocn@nus.edu.sg.
FAU - van Dam, Rob M
AU  - van Dam RM
AD  - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and 
      National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore. 
      rob.van.dam@nus.edu.sg.
AD  - Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of 
      Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore. 
      rob.van.dam@nus.edu.sg.
AD  - Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 
      02115, USA. rob.van.dam@nus.edu.sg.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
DEP - 20170925
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Nutrients
JT  - Nutrients
JID - 101521595
RN  - 0 (Biomarkers)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Asian People
MH  - Biomarkers/blood/urine
MH  - China/ethnology
MH  - Diet/*ethnology
MH  - *Diet Records
MH  - Feeding Behavior/*ethnology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/ethnology
MH  - Malaysia/ethnology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Nutrition Assessment
MH  - Nutritional Status/*ethnology
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Singapore/epidemiology
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC5691676
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - 24-h dietary recall
OT  - Asia
OT  - biomarkers
OT  - carotenoids
OT  - food frequency questionnaire
OT  - isoflavones
OT  - multi-ethnic
OT  - plasma fatty acids
OT  - validation
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2017/09/28 06:00
MHDA- 2018/06/05 06:00
PMCR- 2017/10/01
CRDT- 2017/09/27 06:00
PHST- 2017/08/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/09/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/09/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/09/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/09/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/06/05 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - nu9101059 [pii]
AID - nutrients-09-01059 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/nu9101059 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nutrients. 2017 Sep 25;9(10):1059. doi: 10.3390/nu9101059.