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. 2019 Apr 11;7(4):e11531. doi: 10.2196/11531

Table 3.

Spearman correlation coefficients derived from the electronic 12-hour dietary recall app versus the food frequency questionnaire for categories of food group consumption and strata: smoking: no and yes; physical activity (minutes/week): ≥150 and <150; and body mass index (kg/m2): <25 and ≥25. Comparison of the electronic 12-hour dietary recall app versus food frequency questionnaire. Spearman correlation coefficients (95% CI).

Food groups Alla Smoking Physical activity (minutes/week) Body mass index (kg/m2)

No Yes ≥150 <150 <25 ≥25
Fruit 0.80 (0.75-0.84) 0.80 (0.74-0.85) 0.81 (0.64-0.90) 0.80 (0.72-0.85) 0.81 (0.71-0.88) 0.78 (0.70-0.84) 0.85 (0.77-0.91)
Vegetables 0.70 (0.62-0.76) 0.73 (0.65-0.79) 0.53b (0.22-0.74) 0.70 (0.60-0.77) 0.64 (0.48-0.76) 0.69 (0.59-0.77) 0.75 (0.62-0.84)
Legumes 0.48 (0.37-0.58) 0.49 (0.37-0.60) 0.41b (0.07-0.66) 0.46 (0.32-0.59) 0.52 (0.33-0.68) 0.47 (0.33-0.59) 0.51 (0.31-0.66)
Chicken/Turkey 0.58 (0.48-0.67) 0.63 (0.52-0.71) 0.38b (0.04-0.64) 0.57 (0.44-0.67) 0.61 (0.44-0.74) 0.61 (0.49-0.71) 0.54 (0.34-0.69)
Fish 0.53 (0.42-0.62) 0.52 (0.40-0.62) 0.59 (0.31-0.78) 0.52 (0.39-0.64) 0.51 (0.31-0.67) 0.58 (0.45-0.68) 0.42 (0.21-0.60)
Red meat 0.63 (0.53-0.70) 0.62 (0.52-0.71) 0.64 (0.38-0.81) 0.64 (0.53-0.73) 0.60 (0.42-0.73) 0.62 (0.50-0.71) 0.64 (0.47-0.76)
Soft drinks 0.83 (0.78-0.87) 0.83 (0.77-0.87) 0.85 (0.72-0.92) 0.84 (0.79-0.89) 0.80 (0.70-0.87) 0.82 (0.76-0.87) 0.83 (0.73-0.89)
Sweets 0.72 (0.64-0.78) 0.72 (0.64-0.79) 0.67 (0.42-0.82) 0.71 (0.62-0.79) 0.75 (0.62-0.84) 0.71 (0.61-0.78) 0.74 (0.61-0.83)
Prepared foods 0.59 (0.49-0.67) 0.62 (0.52-0.71) 0.44b (0.12-0.68) 0.58 (0.45-0.68) 0.59 (0.41-0.72) 0.58 (0.45-0.68) 0.61 (0.43-0.74)
Beer 0.88 (0.85-0.91) 0.87 (0.83-0.91) 0.88 (0.77-0.94) 0.91 (0.88-0.94) 0.82 (0.73-0.89) 0.91 (0.87-0.93) 0.85 (0.76-0.90)
Average 0.67 (—c) 0.68 (—) 0.62 (—) 0.67 (—) 0.67 (—) 0.68 (—) 0.67 (—)

aP<.001 for all data, except:

bP<.05.

c—: not applicable.