. 2024 Dec 9;16(23):4252. doi: 10.3390/nu16234252

Table 6.

Correlations between food preference scores assessed by the JFPQ and frequency or amount of intake assessed by the FFQ.

Food Preference Score by JFPQ	Frequency or Amount of Intake by FFQ	Non-Obese (N = 38)	Abdominal-Obese (N = 30)
Food Preference Score by JFPQ	Frequency or Amount of Intake by FFQ	p Value	p Value
Carbohydrate/Sweet
2. Japanese sweets	Frequency	0.539	<0.001
2. Japanese sweets	Amount	0.644	0.024
16. Fruits	Amount	0.093	0.043
17. Soft drinks	Frequency	0.253	0.008
Carbohydrate/Non-Sweet
4. Rice crackers	Frequency	0.115	<0.001
4. Rice crackers	Amount	0.237	0.001
5. White rice	Frequency	0.125	0.058
5. White rice	Amount	0.063	<0.001
7. Udon/soba noodles	Frequency	0.183	0.025
7. Udon/soba noodles	Amount	0.771	0.067
Fat/sweet
1. Cakes (Western sweets)	Frequency	0.497	0.007
1. Cakes (Western sweets)	Amount	0.242	0.081
30. Sweet chocolates	Frequency	<0.001	0.002
30. Sweet chocolates	Amount	<0.001	0.238
Fat/non-sweet
3. Snacks	Frequency	<0.001	<0.001
3. Snacks	Amount	<0.001	<0.001
6. High-fat ramen noodles	Frequency	0.046	0.015
6. High-fat ramen noodles	Amount	0.069	<0.001
14. Deep-fried foods	Frequency (Deep-fried pork)	0.737	0.638
14. Deep-fried foods	Amount (Deep-fried pork)	0.397	0.046

Food preference scores were assessed using the Japan Food Preference Questionnaire (JFPQ). The frequency and amount of intake were assessed using the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). p values were calculated using logistic regression analysis.