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. 2013 May 1;17(3):498–509. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013000414

Table 3.

Relative validity: mean and 95 % confidence interval of 3 d food record by category of beverages from the short FFQ among pre-school children (n 64) aged 2–5 years, metropolitan Sydney, Australia, September 2007–April 2008

FFQ beverage item Survey response categories P for trend†
Milk <1 cup/d (n 10) 1–1·5 cups/d (n 19) 2 cups/d (n 19) ≥2·5 cups/d (n 16)
Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI
Cups/d 0·8 0·3, 1·3 1·6 1·3, 2·0 1·5 1·3, 1·7 2·1 1·6, 2·7 <0·001
Protein (g) 62 53, 71 63 55, 70 62 58, 67 67 54, 80 0·41
Total fat (g) 48 39, 57 55 49, 62 52 46, 58 60 52, 68 0·07
Saturated fat (g) 21 17, 25 25 22, 28 24 20, 27 29 24, 33 0·01
Ca (mg) 714 461, 967 1006 850, 1162 893 799, 987 1085 900, 1270 0·02
P (mg) 1103 869, 1337 1282 1125, 1439 1159 1072, 1246 1391 1151, 1631 0·10
Soft drinks‡ Does not drink (n 39) <1 cup/week (n 9) 1–3 cups/week (n 10) ≥3·5 cups/week (n 6)
Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI
Cups/d 0·1 0·0, 0·1 0·1 −0·1, 0·3 0·0 0·0, 0·1 0·4 0·0, 0·8 0·01
Energy (kJ) 6252 5873, 6631 6599 5391, 7807 6125 5333, 6917 6838 4194, 9481 0·53
Sugars (g) 89 82, 96 97 68, 126 89 63, 115 97 60, 134 0·59
Diet soft drinks Does not drink (n 61) <1 cup/week (n 0) 1–3 cups/week (n 2) ≥3·5 cups/week (n 1)
Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI
Cups/d 0·0 0·0, 0·02 NA 0·25 0, 1·0 NA 0·0001
Fruit juices ≤1 cup/month (n 18) 0·5–3 cups/week (n 23) 0·5–1 cup/d (n 15) ≥1·5 cups/d (n 8)
Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI
Cups/d 0·1 0·0, 0·2 0·1 0·0, 0·3 0·4 0·3, 0·6 0·7 0·2, 1·1 <0·001
Sugars (g) 87 76, 98 86 74, 98 90 78, 102 117 85, 1496 0·03
Vitamin C (mg) 65 40, 90 78 58, 98 112 87, 138 135 33, 237 0·003
K (mg) 2316 1952, 2680 2305 2093, 2518 2372 2090, 2654 2802 2054, 3549 0·13
Water ≤1·5 cups/d (n 15) 2–2·5 cups/d (n 15) 3–3·5 cups/d (n 16) ≥4 cups/d (n 18)
Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI Mean 95 % CI
Cups/d 1·2 0·7, 1·7 1·5 0·8, 2·2 1·7 1·0, 2·3 2·3 1·6, 2·9 0·01

NA, not applicable.

†One-way ANOVA with test for linearity.

‡Includes soft drinks, syrups and sports drinks.