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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Apr;109(4):624–632. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.12.013

Table 1. Rates of underreporting in the current sample based on five different detection methods.

Method Goldberg Method? Accounts for PA? Sample size used PAL Cutoff values Rate of underreporting % (n)
1a Yes No n=352 1.51
Low PA = 1.51
72.2% (254)
2 Yes Yes n=352 Mod. PA = 1.58
High PA = 1.76
81.3% (286)
3 Yes No n=1 0.81
Low PA = 0.81
11.9% (42)
4 Yes Yes n=1 Mod. PA = 0.85
High PA= 0.95
20.5% (72)
5b No No n/a 1.23 50.0% (176)
a

Methods 1-4 were calculated based on a 99.7% confidence interval.

b

The Method 5 cutoff value is the median EIrep:BMR ratio of participants.