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. 2018 Jan 13;10(1):84. doi: 10.3390/nu10010084

Table 1.

Test-retest reproducibility of the frequency of protein-rich food intakes assessed by the present food frequency questionnaire in 227 older men and 221 older women.

Food Frequency (Times/Day) Men Women
Survey 1 Survey 2 p-Value r Survey 1 Survey 2 p-Value r
n Mean ± SD n Mean ± SD
Animal food
 Seafood 190 1.70 ± 1.06 1.65 ± 1.07 0.529 0.54* 180 1.89 ± 1.26 1.67 ± 0.88 0.018 0.42*
 Meat 201 0.90 ± 0.65 0.97 ± 0.76 0.106 0.63* 194 0.95 ± 0.56 0.98 ± 0.54 0.519 0.54*
 Dairy products 187 0.86 ± 0.77 1.00 ± 0.86 0.012 0.56* 187 1.20 ± 0.92 1.33 ± 0.97 0.024 0.66*
 Egg 219 0.58 ± 0.44 0.56 ± 0.39 0.301 0.54* 217 0.59 ± 0.36 0.59 ± 0.37 0.879 0.53*
Soy products 197 1.76 ± 1.21 1.62 ± 1.15 0.074 0.56* 189 1.98 ± 1.12 1.93 ± 1.30 0.533 0.57*

First survey was conducted in February 2012 and second survey was conducted in September 2012. SD = standard deviation; r = correlation coefficients assessed by pairwise correlation coefficient; the differences between Frequency 1 and Frequency 2 assessed by the paired t-test; * p-value < 0.001.