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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: P R Health Sci J. 2011 Jun;30(2):58–64.

Table 5.

Validation of estimated energy intake and energy-adjusted nutrient intake from the FFQ2 and DFR’s in high school children

Nutrient Total (n=89)
Girls (n=47)
Boys (n=42)
FFQ2
mean (SD)
DFR’s
mean (SD)
r Wilcoxon (p value) FFQ2
mean (SD)
DFR’s
mean (SD)
r Wilcoxon (p value) FFQ2
mean (SD)
DFR’s
mean (SD)
r Wilcoxon (p value)
Energy (kcal) 2475.8 (1249.6) 2179.4 (718.1) 0.23 0.070 2068.5 (1237.3) 1821.8 (533.6) 0.34* 0.397 2921.9 (1115.1) 2571.0 (693.7) 0.08 0.111
Protein (g) 90.6 (17.7) 79.5 (15.6) 0.15 <0.01 92.3 (13.8) 76.6 (13.4) 0.01 <0.01 88.7 (21.1) 82.7 (17.3) 0.29 0.068
Fat (g) 92.8 (14.2) 81.4 (9.9) 0.15 <0.01 95.3 (14.3) 81.8 (7.9) 0.24 <0.01 90.0 (13.9) 80.9 (11.8) 0.11 <0.01
CHO (g) 324.8 (45.8) 284.8 (30.7) 0.10 <0.01 318.5 (40.6) 287.0 (26.1) 0.12 <0.01 331.7 (50.5) 282.4 (35.2) 0.14 <0.01
Ca (mg) 1001.3 (508.0) 702.4 (253.0) 0.26* <0.01 1088.2 (468.2) 725.5 (254.5) 0.32* <0.01 906.2 (537.8) 677.0 (251.9) 0.20 0.002
Fe (mg) 17.1 (6.4) 17.1 (6.2) 0.37* 0.700 17.1 (5.6) 17.1 (6.0) 0.18 0.800 17.0 (7.2) 17.1 (6.5) 0.47* 0.361
Mg (mg) 301.9 (75.5) 232.5 (60.0) 0.48* <0.01 313.6 (68.7) 226.6 (59.7) 0.50* <0.01 289.0 (81.2) 238.9 (60.3) 0.53* <0.01
Vit C (mg) 176.1 (155.8) 161.5 (384.8) 0.48* <0.01 192.5 (180.7) 164.7 (384.9) 0.52* <0.01 158.1 (122.6) 157.9 (389.4) 0.45* 0.010
Vit B6 (mg) 2.3 (0.9) 2.1 (1.0) 0.53* 0.020 2.4 (0.8) 2.2 (1.1) 0.57* 0.029 2.2 (0.9) 2.1 (0.9) 0.47* 0.335
Vit B12 (mcg) 5.1 (3.1) 5.5 (4.5) 0.35* 0.350 5.2 (2.8) 6.1 (5.1) 0.46* 0.190 4.9 (3.5) 5.0 (3.6) 0.21 0.945
Folate (mcg) 387.8 (198.7) 506.0 (165.8) 0.51* 0.010 420.0 (197.7) 490.3 (152.8) 0.54* <0.01 352.6 (196.1) 523.1 (179.4) 0.53* <0.01
Vit D (mcg) 7.4 (6.0) 5.6 (3.9) 0.47* <0.01 7.9 (5.9) 6.0 (4.2) 0.47* <0.01 6.8 (6.1) 5.2 (3.6) 0.45* 0.052
*

p<0.05;

SD: Standard Deviation