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. 2012 Nov 6;7(11):e48341. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048341

Table 3. Correlation coefficients of FFQ1 and FFQ2.

variables Spearman Pearson ICC
Ra Rb R c Rd Rc Rd
Food groups
Cereal (g) 0.53 0.50 0.50 0.53 0.42 0.45
Pickled vegetable (g) 0.23 0.23 0.28 0.19 0.30 0.28
Egg (g) 0.44 0.51 0.42 0.46 0.44 0.41
Meat (g) 0.60 0.39 0.58 0.40 0.58 0.45
Fish and shellfish (g) 0.56 0.35 0.52 0.33 0.52 0.43
Milk (g) 0.51 0.39 0.44 0.42 0.50 0.52
Snack and nut (g) 0.52 0.53 0.53 0.51 0.50 0.45
Bean (g) 0.56 0.52 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.48
Vegetable (g) 0.26 0.10 0.28 0.14 0.28 0.18
Fruit (g) 0.61 0.54 0.64 0.57 0.65 0.64
Cooking oil (g) 0.34 0.25 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.29
Nutrients
Energy (Kcal) 0.60 0.59 0.57
Protein (g) 0.61 0.41 0.62 0.42 0.61 0.42
Fat (g) 0.42 0.26 0.42 0.29 0.42 0.29
Fiber (g) 0.51 0.37 0.51 0.37 0.51 0.36
Carbohydrate (g) 0.53 0.54 0.50 0.51 0.45 0.37
Vitamin A (µg) 0.35 0.17 0.34 0.17 0.34 0.23
Carotene (µg) 0.28 0.15 0.28 0.16 0.28 0.23
Thiamin (mg) 0.58 0.41 0.59 0.40 0.57 0.33
Riboflavin (mg) 0.51 0.35 0.53 0.31 0.51 0.30
Niacin (mg) 0.55 0.39 0.54 0.37 0.53 0.30
Vitamin E (mg) 0.44 0.28 0.37 0.30 0.37 0.30
Sodium (mg) 0.25 0.14 0.29 0.13 0.28 0.20
Calcium (mg) 0.42 0.14 0.43 0.24 0.43 0.27
Iron (mg) 0.59 0.26 0.56 0.27 0.55 0.27
Vitamin C (mg) 0.34 0.17 0.33 0.20 0.32 0.24
Cholesterol (mg) 0.56 0.63 0.64 0.50 0.62 0.56
a

crude correlation coefficients.

b

data were energy-adjusted.

c

data were log-transformed.

d

data were log-transformed and energy-adjusted.