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. 2013 Nov 15;17(9):1939–1948. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013003042

Table 3.

Intake of foods/food groups assessed with a short dietary questionnaire (SDQ) and a more extensive FFQ in sixty-one normal-weight/overweight/obese non-pregnant women, Västerbotten, northern Sweden, 2008–2009

SDQ (g/d) FFQ (g/d)
Median IQR Median IQR P value*
Foods/food groups for which the SDQ gave a higher estimated intake compared with the FFQ
Bread 90 90 47 43 <0·001
Butter/margarine on bread, 40 % fat 0 7 0 3 0·003
Cheese, 17 % fat 0 10 2 7 0·01
Cheese, 28 % fat 10 29 6 12 <0·001
Milk/sour milk/yoghurt, 1–1·5 % fat 60 200 22 112 0·002
Fruits and berries 206 138 127 138 <0·001
Rice 47 47 25 31 0·003
Pasta 103 103 72 43 <0·001
Fish 24 32 21 19 0·004
Poultry 36 42 21 39 0·008
Cream/crème fraîche 14 22 5 10 <0·001
Biscuits/cookies/buns/cake 12 16 9 12 0·04
Chocolate and sweets 14 22 7 13 0·004
Juice/syrup/soft drinks 100 143 32 72 <0·001
Spirits† 0 7 0 4 <0·001
Foods/food groups for which the FFQ gave a higher estimated intake compared with the SDQ
Milk/sour milk/yoghurt, 3 % fat 0 21 33 121 <0·001
Chips and other snacks 1 2 2 2 <0·001
Foods/food groups for which no statistically significant difference in intake between the SDQ and the FFQ was found
Butter/margarine on bread, 60–80 % fat 2 6 3 9 0·13
Milk/sour milk/yoghurt, 0·5 % fat 30 150 33 207 0·36
Vegetables 71 76 90 114 0·08
Boiled potatoes 50 44 58 64 0·23
Fried potatoes/pommes frites 0 20 11 12 0·39
Meat 70 75 78 52 0·47
Ice cream 5 13 6 6 0·55
Beer† 7 25 2 29 0·73
Wine† 14 27 18 17 0·95

IQR, interquartile range.

Data are presented as median and interquartile range.

*P value derived from the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for the difference in intakes assessed with the two questionnaires.

†For the fifty-eight women who reported to consume alcohol.