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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2008 Jun 12;12(5):651–659. doi: 10.1017/S1368980008002668

Table 3.

Pearson correlations between dietary assessment measures, unadjusted and adjusted for energy intake by the residual method.

Nutrient Measured a Web-PDHQ/Paper-DHQ n=210 Web-PDHQ/Food recordFood record n=213 Paper DHQ/Food recordFood record n=214 Web-PDHQ/Recalls n=218 Paper DHQ/24-hour. Recalls n=214 Food recordFood Record/24-hour Recall n=217
Energy (kcal) 0.66 0.39 0.30 0.18 0.24 0.56
Protein (g)
 Unadjusted 0.69 0.40 0.38 0.33 0.32 0.58
 Adjusted 0.40 0.40 0.24 0.45 0.24 0.43
Carbohydrate (g)
 Unadjusted 0.67 0.44 0.44 0.24 0.31 0.54
 Adjusted 0.29 0.30 0.23 0.38 0.28 0.34
Fat (g)
 Unadjusted 0.65 0.37 0.33 0.15 0.21 0.47
 Adjusted 0.40 0.39 0.21 0.30 0.14 0.31
Saturated Fat (g)
 Unadjusted 0.70 0.44 0.36 0.14 0.18 0.51
 Adjusted 0.54 0.56 0.30 0.29 0.16 0.42
Monounsaturated Fat (g)
 Unadjusted 0.64 0.34 0.33 0.20 0.20 0.39
 Adjusted 0.40 0.36 0.23 0.21 0.09 0.27
Polyunsaturated Fat (g)
 Unadjusted 0.63 0.28 0.25 0.16 0.16 0.35
 Adjusted 0.38 0.21 0.15 0.10 0.03 0.28
Cholesterol (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.72 0.53 0.46 0.30 0.30 0.54
 Adjusted 0.65 0.64 0.45 0.44 0.34 0.51
Dietary fiber (g)
 Unadjusted 0.78 0.58 0.60 0.48 0.51 0.59
 Adjusted 0.65 0.55 0.50 0.57 0.49 0.56
Vitamin A (IU)
 Unadjusted 0.81 0.46 0.51 0.36 0.38 0.35
 Adjusted 0.73 0.46 0.51 0.40 0.39 0.35
Vitamin A (mcg RE)
 Unadjusted 0.79 0.44 0.49 0.31 0.33 0.39
 Adjusted 0.69 0.44 0.49 0.37 0.35 0.38
Vitamin E (mg α-TE)
 Unadjusted 0.62 0.21 0.26 0.18 0.25 0.40
 Adjusted 0.33 0.26 0.25 0.14 0.17 0.37
Vitamin C (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.79 0.56 0.54 0.44 0.48 0.63
 Adjusted 0.72 0.57 0.53 0.47 0.49 0.63
Thiamin (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.73 0.40 0.33 0.35 0.29 0.43
 Adjusted 0.47 0.46 0.37 0.37 0.20 0.39
Riboflavin (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.74 0.34 0.29 0.33 0.20 0.41
 Adjusted 0.54 0.43 0.25 0.43 0.20 0.38
Niacin (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.70 0.27 0.28 0.34 0.31 0.35
 Adjusted 0.43 0.31 0.23 0.29 0.18 0.28
Folate (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.75 0.49 0.42 0.27 0.23 0.37
 Adjusted 0.57 0.57 0.37 0.34 0.22 0.36
Vitamin B6 (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.76 0.41 0.35 0.42 0.32 0.36
 Adjusted 0.46 0.52 0.42 0.46 0.36 0.40
Calcium (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.75 0.46 0.37 0.38 0.30 0.52
 Adjusted 0.60 0.52 0.44 0.55 0.37 0.60
Iron (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.74 0.45 0.40 0.35 0.27 0.40
 Adjusted 0.54 0.54 0.39 0.39 0.25 0.35
Magnesium (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.72 0.48 0.41 0.44 0.40 0.50
 Adjusted 0.51 0.48 0.34 0.48 0.29 0.45
Phosphorous (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.71 0.37 0.37 0.35 0.34 0.41
 Adjusted 0.46 0.40 0.27 0.42 0.22 0.31
Zinc (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.60 0.33 0.32 0.27 0.21 0.25
 Adjusted 0.28 0.27 0.22 0.19 0.12 0.17
Potassium (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.74 0.54 0.54 0.38 0.42 0.51
 Adjusted 0.54 0.47 0.41 0.49 0.38 0.46
Vitamin B12 (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.69 0.29 0.28 0.29 0.24 0.25
 Adjusted 0.59 0.27 0.26 0.31 0.23 0.23
Sodium (mg)
 Unadjusted 0.71 0.36 0.30 0.19 0.19 0.45
 Adjusted 0.69 0.44 0.49 0.37 0.35 0.38