PMID- 31119398 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210329 LR - 20240324 IS - 1436-6215 (Electronic) IS - 1436-6207 (Linking) VI - 59 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Jun TI - Correlations between urinary concentrations and dietary intakes of flavonols in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. PG - 1481-1492 LID - 10.1007/s00394-019-02005-5 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: In this study, we aimed to study the correlation between acute and habitual intakes of flavonols, their main food sources and their 24-h urinary concentrations in an European population. METHODS: A 24-h dietary recall (24-HDR) and 24-h urine samples were collected on the same day from a convenience subsample of 475 men and women from four countries (France, Italy, Greece and Germany) of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. A standardized 24-HDR software and a country/centre-specific validated dietary questionnaire (DQ) were used to collect acute and habitual dietary data, respectively. The intake of dietary flavonols was estimated using the Phenol-Explorer database. Urinary flavonols (quercetin, isorhamnetin, and kaempferol) were analysed using tandem mass spectrometry with a previous enzymatic hydrolysis. RESULTS: Weak partial Spearman correlations between both dietary acute and habitual intake and urinary concentrations of quercetin (both R(partial) ~ 0.3) and total flavonols (both R(partial) ~ 0.2) were observed. No significant correlations were found for kaempferol and isorhamentin. Regarding flavonol-rich foods, weak correlations were found between urinary concentrations of quercetin and total flavonols and the acute intake of onions and garlics, fruits, tea, and herbal tea (all R(partial) ~ 0.2). For habitual intake, statistically significant correlations were only found between urinary quercetin concentration and herbal tea (R(partial) = 0.345) and between urinary total flavonol concentration and tea, and herbal tea consumption (R(partial) ~ 0.2). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that urinary quercetin level can be used as potential concentration biomarkers of both acute and habitual quercetin intake, while urinary concentrations of flavonols are unlikely to be useful biomarkers of individual flavonol-rich foods. FAU - Garro-Aguilar, Yaiza AU - Garro-Aguilar Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6236-6804 AD - Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Av Gran Via 199-203, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Cayssials, Valerie AU - Cayssials V AD - Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Av Gran Via 199-203, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Achaintre, David AU - Achaintre D AD - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France. FAU - Boeing, Heiner AU - Boeing H AD - Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany. FAU - Mancini, Francesca Romana AU - Mancini FR AD - CESP, Fac. de medecine-Univ. Paris-Sud, Fac. de medecine-UVSQ, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France. AD - Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. FAU - Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya AU - Mahamat-Saleh Y AD - CESP, Fac. de medecine-Univ. Paris-Sud, Fac. de medecine-UVSQ, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France. AD - Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. FAU - Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine AU - Boutron-Ruault MC AD - CESP, Fac. de medecine-Univ. Paris-Sud, Fac. de medecine-UVSQ, INSERM, Universite Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France. AD - Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. FAU - Kuhn, Tilman AU - Kuhn T AD - Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Katzke, Verena AU - Katzke V AD - Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Trichopoulou, Antonia AU - Trichopoulou A AD - Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece. FAU - Karakatsani, Anna AU - Karakatsani A AD - Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece. AD - 2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "ATTIKON" University Hospital, Haidari, Greece. FAU - Thriskos, Paschalis AU - Thriskos P AD - Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece. FAU - Masala, Giovanna AU - Masala G AD - Cancer Risk Factors and Life-Style Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research, Prevention and Clinical Network-ISPRO, Florence, Italy. FAU - Grioni, Sara AU - Grioni S AD - Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Santucci de Magistris, Maria AU - Santucci de Magistris M AD - AOU Federico II, Naples, Italy. FAU - Tumino, Rosario AU - Tumino R AD - Cancer Regsitry and Histopathology Department, "M.P Arezzzo" Hospital, ASP Ragusa, Italy. FAU - Ricceri, Fulvio AU - Ricceri F AD - Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. AD - Unit of Epidemiology, Regional Health Service ASL TO3, Grugliasco, TO, Italy. FAU - Huybrechts, Inge AU - Huybrechts I AD - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France. FAU - Agudo, Antonio AU - Agudo A AD - Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Av Gran Via 199-203, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Scalbert, Augustin AU - Scalbert A AD - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France. FAU - Zamora-Ros, Raul AU - Zamora-Ros R AD - Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Av Gran Via 199-203, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908, Barcelona, Spain. rzamora@idibell.cat. LA - eng GR - 001/WHO_/World Health Organization/International PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190522 PL - Germany TA - Eur J Nutr JT - European journal of nutrition JID - 100888704 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Flavonols) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Biomarkers/urine MH - Diet/*methods MH - Europe MH - Female MH - Flavonols/*administration & dosage/*urine MH - Health Surveys/*methods/statistics & numerical data MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Prospective Studies OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biomarker OT - EPIC OT - Flavonols OT - Quercetin OT - Urine EDAT- 2019/05/24 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/30 06:00 CRDT- 2019/05/24 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/05/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00394-019-02005-5 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00394-019-02005-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Nutr. 2020 Jun;59(4):1481-1492. doi: 10.1007/s00394-019-02005-5. Epub 2019 May 22.