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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017 Feb 7;117(4):526–535.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2016.12.010

Table 2.

Energy and nutrients intakes in the FFQs and the 24-h recalls in a sample of infants and toddlers’ participants of the WIC program in Puerto Rico (N=241)

Variable FFQs 24-h food recalls Spearman’scorrelation De-attenuated correlation coefficient

Median (25th, 75th percentiles) r (95% CI) r (95% CI)
Energy (kcal) 1096 (685 – 1589) 845 (620 – 1114) 0.73 (0.66, 0.78) 0.77 (0.69, 0.83)
Protein (g) 33.5 (30.1 – 37.6) 25.2 (21.8 – 31.3) 0.39 (0.27, 0.49) 0.45 (0.32, 0.56)
Carbohydrate (g) 159 (153 – 176) 120 (111 – 132) 0.31 (0.19, 0.42) 0.36 (0.22, 0.49)
Fat (g) 50.3 (43.7 – 52.8) 36.8 (30.8 – 42.1) 0.45 (0.35, 0.55) 0.53 (0.41, 0.64)
Saturated fat (g) 20.7 (17.9 – 22.1) 15.5 (12.7 – 18.6) 0.35 (0.23, 0.46) 0.42 (0.29, 0.53)
Monounsaturated fat (g) 16.9 (14.1 – 18.4) 12.3 (9.7 – 15.2) 0.50 (0.40, 0.59) 0.55 (0.43, 0.65)
Polyunsaturated fat (g) 9.0 (7.9 – 10.6) 5.7 (4.9 – 7.5) 0.48 (0.38, 0.57) 0.55 (0.43, 0.65)
Omega 3 Fatty acids (g) 0.8 (0.6 – 1.0) 0.6 (0.5 – 0.8) 0.55 (0.45, 0.63) 0.62 (0.50, 0.72)
Fiber (g) 8.0 (6.2 – 10.8) 4.3 (3.5 – 7.0) 0.35 (0.24, 0.46) 0.42 (0.29, 0.54)
Vitamin A - Retinol (μg) 732 (609 – 910) 498 (423 – 585) 0.43 (0.32, 0.53) 0.56 (0.44, 0.66)
Vitamin D (μg) 11.1 (6.6 – 14.5) 6.2 (2.9 – 9.0) 0.72 (0.66, 0.78) 0.73 (0.66, 0.80)
Vitamin E (mg) 7.7 (5.4 – 11.6) 3.4 (2.0 – 7.1) 0.70 (0.63, 0.76) 0.71 (0.63, 0.78)
Vitamin K (μg) 52.7 (28.3 – 78.4) 26.9 (10.3 – 53.2) 0.65 (0.57, 0.71) 0.63 (0.53, 0.71)
Vitamin C (mg) 107 (90 – 132) 70.0 (51.2 – 86.5) 0.52 (0.42, 0.60) 0.60 (0.48, 0.70)
Vitamin B1 (mg) 1.0 (0.8 – 1.1) 0.7 (0.5 – 0.9) 0.62 (0.54, 0.69) 0.62 (0.52, 0.71)
Vitamin B2 (mg) 1.5 (1.1 – 1.8) 0.9 (0.8 – 1.2) 0.59 (0.50, 0.67) 0.60 (0.50, 0.69)
Vitamin B3 (mg) 11.4 (8.6 – 14.4) 8.9 (5.6 – 10.4) 0.42 (0.31, 0.52) 0.54 (0.39, 0.65)
Vitamin B5 (mg) 4.6 (3.7 – 5.3) 3.2 (2.8 – 3.7) 0.59 (0.50, 0.66) 0.60 (0.50, 0.68)
Vitamin B6 (mg) 1.0 (0.9 – 1.2) 0.7 (0.5 – 0.9) 0.41 (0.30, 0.51) 0.42 (0.28, 0.55)
Vitamin B9 (μg) 250 (228 – 298) 143 (116 – 171) 0.26 (0.14, 0.38) 0.26 (0.11, 0.40)
Vitamin B12 (μg) 3.7 (3.2 – 4.3) 2.2 (1.5 – 2.9) 0.45 (0.34, 0.55) 0.45 (0.33, 0.56)
Calcium (mg) 906 (764 – 1061) 602 (481 – 751) 0.45 (0.34, 0.55) 0.43 (0.30, 0.54)
Phosphorus (mg) 692 (599 – 806) 495 (407 – 637) 0.47 (0.37, 0.56) 0.52 (0.40, 0.61)
Magnesium (mg) 148 (136 – 171) 104 (83.8 – 129) 0.44 (0.33, 0.54) 0.47 (0.34, 0.58)
Iron (mg) 12.2 (8.0 – 18.2) 8.4 (5.0 – 12.6) 0.69 (0.62, 0.75) 0.70 (0.61, 0.77)
Zinc (mg) 7.4 (5.6 – 9.6) 5.0 (3.6 – 6.2) 0.68 (0.60, 0.74) 0.71 (0.62, 0.79)
Copper (mg) 0.9 (0.8 – 1.1) 0.7 (0.6 – 0.7) 0.24 (0.11, 0.35) 0.34 (0.20, 0.47)
Potassium (mg) 1610 (1518 – 1933) 1161 (980 – 1380) 0.33 (0.21, 0.44) 0.37 (0.23, 0.50)