Table 5.
Means and standard deviations of reference and reported energy (in kilocalories) and macronutrients (in grams) according to five categories of amounts* for reporting-error-sensitive variables for each sex and each order prompt (forward, reverse) (n = 58 girls and 63 boys)
| Overreported amount from intrusions | Overreported amount from matches | Corresponding amount from matches | Unreported amount from matches | Unreported amount from omissions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | |
| Energy | ||||||||||
| Forward | 151 (165) | 161 (165) | 51 (67) | 61 (94) | 375 (229) | 358 (263) | 64 (82) | 71 (111) | 386 (248) | 486 (299) |
| Reverse | 109 (137) | 117 (143) | 48 (64) | 58 (85) | 286 (213) | 393 (270) | 41 (65) | 69 (115) | 476 (299) | 437 (342) |
| Protein | ||||||||||
| Forward | 6 (8) | 7 (8) | 2 (3) | 3 (5) | 17 (11) | 16 (12) | 3 (4) | 3 (6) | 12 (11) | 16 (13) |
| Reverse | 4 (6) | 4 (7) | 2 (3) | 3 (4) | 13 (11) | 18 (12) | 2 (3) | 3 (6) | 16 (13) | 15 (16) |
| Carbohydrate | ||||||||||
| Forward | 24 (24) | 23 (23) | 8 (12) | 10 (16) | 54 (33) | 52 (38) | 10 (13) | 11 (17) | 60 (34) | 75 (46) |
| Reverse | 16 (20) | 18 (20) | 8 (12) | 9 (13) | 42(33) | 57 (41) | 7 (10) | 12 (18) | 71 (41) | 68 (51) |
| Fat | ||||||||||
| Forward | 4 (6) | 5 (6) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 11 (9) | 10 (10) | 2 (3) | 2 (4) | 12 (10) | 14 (10) |
| Reverse | 3 (5) | 3 (5) | 1 (2) | 1 (3) | 8 (7) | 11 (8) | 1 (2) | 1 (3) | 15 (12) | 13 (10) |
*
The five categories of amounts are defined in Table 1. Reporting-error-sensitive variables are sensitive to reporting errors and therefore better represent reporting accuracy.