Table 4.
Foods and food groups in the infant FFQs and the 24-h recalls in a sample of infants and toddlers’ participants of the WIC program in Puerto Rico (N=241)
| Food or Food group | FFQs | 24-h food recalls | Spearman correlations | |
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| Median (25th, 75th percentiles) | r (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Breast-milk (ml) | 125 (9.34, 435) | 50 (17.5, 520) | 0.80 (0.73, 0.85) | <0.01 |
| Formula (ml) | 140 (0.02, 641) | 558 (239, 801) | 0.61 (0.52, 0.69) | <0.01 |
| Milk (ml) | 225 (47.5, 414) | 155 (49.9, 206) | 0.67 (0.58, 0.75) | <0.01 |
| Cheese (serving) | 0.17 (0.04, 0.26) | 0.07 (0.01, 0.14) | 0.33 (0.17, 0.48) | <0.01 |
| Ice cream & yogurt (serving) | 0.14 (0.03, 0.20) | 0.03 (0.02, 0.07) | 0.45 (0.31, 0.56) | <0.01 |
| Juice (100%) (ml) | 118 (48.9, 143) | 53.4 (22.8, 93.7) | 0.40 (0.25, 0.53) | <0.01 |
| Sugary sweetened beverages (SSB) (ml) | 10.9 (0.49, 22.7) | 9.01 (0.49, 15.2) | 0.62 (0.49, 0.72) | <0.01 |
| Juice (100%) or SSB (ml) | 135 (66.1, 162) | 67.2 (29.5, 120) | 0.49 (0.37, 0.60) | <0.01 |
| Refined grains (cereals, rice, pasta) (serving) | 0.96 (0.49, 1.21) | 1.03 (0.55, 1.51) | 0.45 (0.31, 0.58) | <0.01 |
| Whole grains (cereals, rice, pasta) (serving) | 0.10 (0.02, 0.15) | 0.33 (0.15, 0.68) | 0.34 (0.18, 0.48) | <0.01 |
| Fruits (serving) | 0.60 (0.42, 1.31) | 0.24 (0.13, 0.72) | 0.49 (0.35, 0.61) | <0.01 |
| Vegetables (serving) | 0.40 (0.22, 0.87) | 0.15 (0.09, 0.53) | 0.55 (0.40, 0.67) | <0.01 |
| Starchy roots (serving) | 0.07 (0.04, 0.12) | 0.13 (0.02, 0.24) | 0.30 (0.14, 0.44) | <0.01 |
| Beans (serving) | 0.25 (0.10, 0.31) | 0.06 (0.01, 0.10) | 0.58 (0.44, 0.70) | <0.01 |
| Meats (serving) | 0.43 (0.14, 0.55) | 0.86 (0.38, 1.19) | 0.51 (0.35, 0.63) | <0.01 |
| Eggs (unit) | 0.24 (0.04, 0.41) | 0.04 (0.03, 0.09) | 0.35 (0.20, 0.48) | <0.01 |
| Nuts and seeds (serving) | 0.08 (0.04, 0.21) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 0.34 (0.21, 0.46) | <0.01 |
| Sweets (serving) | 0.50 (0.06, 0.90) | 0.22 (0.06, 0.38) | 0.28 (0.11, 0.44) | <0.01 |
| Salty snacks (serving) | 0.01 (0.00, 0.03) | 0.01 (0.02, 0.03) | 0.37 (0.25, 0.49) | <0.01 |
| Added fat (serving) | 0.39 (0.14, 0.50) | 0.50 (0.19, 0.68) | 0.42 (0.27, 0.56) | <0.01 |
1 serving is equivalent to: cheese = 1 oz.; ice cream = 0.25 cups, yogurt = 0.5 cups; refined or whole grains= 0.5 cup; fruits = 0.5 cups; vegetables = 0.5 cup; starchy vegetables = 0.5 cup; beans = 0.5 cups; beef, chicken or fish = 4 oz.; eggs = 1 unit; sweets = 1 medium cookie, cupcake or muffin/1 regular size candy bar/1 tablespoons of gummies, candies/0.4 cups of marshmallows/1 lollipop; Salty snacks = 1 oz.; added fat = 1 tsp.