Table 4.

Validation results of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) blood concentration with reported intakes of GI, GL in the 24 h- recalls.

	GI-FFQ with HbA1c				General-FFQ with HbA1c				24 h-Recalls with HbA1c
	Crude Spearman		Same Quartile	Adjacent Quartile	Crude Spearman r		Same Quartile	Adjacent Quartile	Crude Spearman r		De-Attenuated		Same Quartile	Adjacent Quartile
	r	P	%	%	r	P	%	%	r	P	ICC	r	%	%
Carbohydrates	0.00	0.97	26	36	−0.03	0.56	28	35	−0.04	0.40	0.63	−0.05	23	38
Mono- and disaccharides	0.02	0.62	24	41	0.00	0.99	22	41	−0.05	0.28	0.63	−0.06	23	38
Polysaccharides	−0.02	0.72	26	36	−0.05	0.26	28	34	0.00	0.94	0.58	−0.01	25	37
Fibres	−0.02	0.70	27	35	0.02	0.72	27	39	−0.02	0.72	0.67	−0.02	25	35
GI	−0.09	0.04	23	36	−0.04	0.34	25	36	0.04	0.35	0.39	0.07	26	40
GL	−0.02	0.74	28	34	−0.03	0.49	26	37	−0.02	0.61	0.59	−0.03	25	36