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. 2023 Oct 19;42:111. doi: 10.1186/s41043-023-00452-9

Table 2.

Reproducibility of energy and nutrient intake between FFQ1 and FFQ2 (n = 139)

Nutrient FFQ1 FFQ2 ICC Kappa SCC
Median P25, P75 Median P25, P75 95% CI
Energy (Kcal) 2270.1 2101.3, 2481.9 2283.8 2089.8, 2508.1 0.78 (0.69, 0.81) 0.49** 0.84**
Protein (g) 64.3 59.5, 67.1 65.3 58.1, 71.2 0.69 (0.58, 0.78) 0.33** 0.74**
Fat (g) 72.5 68.1, 75.5 70.8 66.1, 79.2 0.78 (0.70, 0.84) 0.36** 0.78**
Carbohydrates (g) 344.5 328.6, 357.5 337.4 311.6, 369.3 0.59 (0.46, 0.70) 0.25** 0.67**
Dietary fiber (g) 14.0 12.5, 15.0 13.5 10.3, 16.0 0.43 (0.27, 0.57) 0.12* 0.49**
Cholesterol (mg) 270.8 254.1, 292.0 263.0 240.7, 303.8 0.71 (0.63, 0.82) 0.51** 0.77**
Vitamin A (μg RE) 544.5 465.9, 579.4 546.0 441.2, 597.4 0.77 (0.65, 0.80) 0.52** 0.81**
Vitamin D (μg) 10.5 8.5, 13.0 8.5 6.0, 12.3 0.51 (0.25, 0.67) 0.30** 0.63**
Vitamin E (mg) 13.5 11.5, 15.0 12.5 9.6, 13.8 0.45 (0.30, 0.58) 0.18* 0.51**
Vitamin K (μg) 67.8 60.0, 75.5 65.8 50.8, 76.9 0.69 (0.56, 0.79) 0.41** 0.83**
Thiamin (mg) 0.9 0.7, 1.1 0.7 0.5, 1.1 0.74 (0.62, 0.82) 0.24** 0.68**
Riboflavin (mg) 0.9 0.7, 1.2 0.8 0.7, 1.0 0.65 (0.48, 0.77) 0.37** 0.71**
Vitamin B6 (mg) 1.1 0.8, 1.3 1.0 0.7, 1.1 0.60 (0.45, 0.71) 0.36** 0.64**
Vitamin B12 (μg) 1.6 1.1, 2.1 1.3 0.5, 2.2 0.71 (0.62, 0.82) 0.36** 0.81**
Vitamin C (mg) 81.8 73.5, 92.9 57.3 44.6, 82.6 0.43 (-0.07, 0.72) 0.29** 0.70**
Folate (μg) 382.5 331.5, 425.3 379.3 296.9, 466.9 0.72 (0.62, 0.80) 0.43** 0.66**
Calcium (mg) 612.0 513.8, 714.4 619.5 446.3, 724.9 0.76 (0.66, 0.83) 0.64** 0.81**
Phosphorus (mg) 716.0 644.5, 834.5 740.3 592.3, 882.3 0.73 (0.63, 0.80) 0.40** 0.82**
Potassium (mg) 1767.8 1676.5, 1979.4 1612.3 1427.9, 1934.9 0.71 (0.57, 0.80) 0.51** 0.79**
Sodium (mg) 1662.5 1528.1, 1832.8 1503.8 1299.1, 1838.1 0.61 (0.54, 0.74) 0.46** 0.73**
Magnesium (mg) 289.5 276.1, 311.4 256.5 223.9, 289.4 0.39 (0.21, 0.49) 0.21** 0.43**
Iron (mg) 12.5 10.1, 13.5 12.5 9.5, 15.3 0.61 (0.35, 0.74) 0.57** 0.76**
Iodine (μg) 86.0 74.0, 105.9 82.0 57.5, 125.8 0.68 (0.57, 0.77) 0.46** 0.76**
Zinc (mg) 11.5 10.5, 13.5 12.5 9.5, 15.6 0.51 (0.36, 0.63) 0.35** 0.65**
Selenium (μg) 58.5 53.0, 68.0 61.3 54.5, 70.8 0.48 (0.39, 0.61) 0.52** 0.64**
Copper (mg) 1.0 0.9, 1.2 0.7 0.5, 1.2 0.43 (0.24, 0.58) 0.11* 0.55**
Niacinamide (mg) 273.5 260.5, 288.5 256.5 238.1, 279.3 0.63 (0.51, 0.73) 0.22** 0.57**
Choline (mg) 430.5 364.1, 476.5 445.3 314.6, 514.1 0.57 (0.46, 0.68) 0.39** 0.62**

Daily intakes of nutrients estimated by two FFQs; P25, P75, 25th–75th percentile

ICCs, intra-class correlation coefficients; CI, confidence interval; SCC, Spearman correlation coefficients

Statistical significance was accepted with *P < 0.05 (2-tailed). **P < 0.01