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. 2013 Jul 12;57:10.3402/fnr.v57i0.20243. doi: 10.3402/fnr.v57i0.20243

Table 1.

Dietary components and the Meal IQ score estimated from weighed foods and digital images (median and 5th and 95th percentiles)

Components n Actual content from weighed foods: median (P5, P95)§ Estimated content from digital images: median (P5, P95)§ P values for differences Classified into same/same or adjacent quartile (%) Correlation coefficients Spearman$
Fruits (g) 67 87 (13; 195) 80 (15; 174) <0.0001 84/100 0.96
Vegetables (g) 130 52 (10; 141) 48 (10; 125) 0.0003 76/100 0.96
Fish (g) 21 24 (11; 50) 22 (7; 52) 0.0611 81/100 0.89
Fat units 191 1.5 (0; 4.5) 1.5 (0; 5) 0.0855 79/99 0.93
Saturated fat units 191 1.5 (0; 4) 1.5 (0; 4) 0.0457 72/99 0.91
Starchy units 191 1.75 (0.5; 3.5) 1.75 (0.5; 3) 0.2344 74/98 0.89
Whole grain units 191 1 (0; 2.5) 1 (0; 2) 0.0615 87/100 0.96
Meal IQ score 191 16 (5; 20) 16 (6; 20) 0.3394 80/100 0.97
§

P5: 5th percentile; P95: 95th percentile.

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All Spearman's correlation coefficients were significant, P<0.001.

P values for Wilcoxon signed-rank test and cross-classification and correlation analysis between values estimated by the digital and the weighed foods.