PMID- 38295352
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20240131
IS  - 0260-1060 (Print)
IS  - 0260-1060 (Linking)
DP  - 2024 Jan 31
TI  - The relative validity of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire among 
      pregnant women in the United Arab Emirates: The Mutaba'ah study.
PG  - 2601060231224010
LID - 10.1177/02601060231224010 [doi]
AB  - Background: Food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) is the most frequently used 
      dietary assessment method in estimating dietary intakes in epidemiological 
      studies. Aim: This study aimed to assess the relative validity of a 
      semiquantitative FFQ in evaluating dietary intake among pregnant women in the 
      United Arab Emirates. Methods: Within the Mutaba'ah study, a subsample of 111 
      pregnant women completed a semiquantitative FFQ and a single 24-hour dietary 
      recall (24-HDR) regarded as the reference method. Absolute and energy-adjusted 
      nutrient and food intakes between the FFQ and 24-HDR were compared using the 
      Wilcoxon signed ranks test, correlations, Bland-Altman analysis, 
      cross-classification, and weighted kappa analysis. Results: There were no 
      significant differences in reported absolute intakes between the FFQ and 24-HDR 
      for carbohydrates, whole grains, white meat, beta-carotene, vitamin K, sodium, 
      and selenium. Spearman's correlation coefficients between the FFQ and 24-HDR 
      ranged from 0.09 (trans fatty acids) to 0.5 (potassium) for absolute intakes. 
      Correlation decreased after energy adjustment. Bland-Altman analysis showed that 
      the FFQ overestimated intakes compared with 24-HDR and that the limits of 
      agreement were wide. The average percentage of pregnant women classified into the 
      same or adjacent quartile of intake by both methods was 73%. Weighted kappa 
      values ranged from -0.02 (white meat) to 0.33 (magnesium). Conclusion: Our 
      findings showed that the semi-quantitative FFQ is a useful tool in ranking 
      pregnant women from the Emirati population according to their dietary intake. 
      However, the validity of some estimated intakes was poor; hence, certain intakes 
      should be interpreted with caution.
FAU - Almulla, Aisha A
AU  - Almulla AA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7404-1011
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, 
      Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. RINGGOLD: 
      70712
AD  - Dietary Services, Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), Abu 
      Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. RINGGOLD: 36773
FAU - Ahmed, Luai A
AU  - Ahmed LA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5292-8212
AD  - Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab 
      Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. RINGGOLD: 62776
AD  - Zayed Centre for Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United 
      Arab Emirates. RINGGOLD: 607835
FAU - Hesselink, Andre
AU  - Hesselink A
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, 
      Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. RINGGOLD: 
      70712
FAU - Augustin, Hanna
AU  - Augustin H
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, 
      Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. RINGGOLD: 
      70712
FAU - Barebring, Linnea
AU  - Barebring L
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, 
      Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. RINGGOLD: 
      70712
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240131
PL  - England
TA  - Nutr Health
JT  - Nutrition and health
JID - 8306569
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - 24-hour dietary recall
OT  - Food frequency questionnaire
OT  - United Arab Emirates
OT  - pregnant women
OT  - validity
COIS- Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts 
      of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this 
      article.
EDAT- 2024/01/31 18:42
MHDA- 2024/01/31 18:42
CRDT- 2024/01/31 16:13
PHST- 2024/01/31 18:42 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/31 18:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/31 16:13 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/02601060231224010 [doi]
PST - aheadofprint
SO  - Nutr Health. 2024 Jan 31:2601060231224010. doi: 10.1177/02601060231224010.