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. 2020 May 14;19:42. doi: 10.1186/s12937-020-00563-7

Table 4.

Agreement (weighted k) and cross-classification of quartiles of energy and nutrient intakes

Nutrient Unadjusted data Energy-adjusted data
Weighted k (95% CI) Exact agreement (%) Exact agreement + Adjacent (%) Disagreement (%) Weighted k (95% CI) Exact agreement (%) Exact agreement + Adjacent (%) Disagreement (%)
Energy (kcal) 0.582 (0.495; 0.669) 53.42 95.2 4.79
Protein (g) 0.455 (0.354; 0.555) 45.89 87.67 12.33 0.137 (0.020; 0.255) 30.14 69.87 30.14
Fat (g) 0.231 (0.116; 0.345) 31.51 76.03 23.97 0.477 (0.381; 0.572) 43.84 91.79 8.22
Carbohydrate (g) 0.542 (0.452; 0.632) 49.32 94.53 5.42 0.353 (0.249; 0.458) 36.99 83.62 14.38
Vitamin A (μg) 0.263 (0.150; 0.377) 33.56 78.68 21.23 0.135 (0.015; 0.255) 33.56 70.55 29.45
β carotene (μg) 0.229 (0.107; 0.351) 38.62 73.79 26.21 0.269 (0.151; 0.388) 40.41 76.71 23.29
Vitamin D (μg) −0.049 (−0.163; 0.064) 19.18 60.96 39.04 0.030 (−0.086; 0.147) 25.34 65.75 34.25
Vitamin E (mg) 0.27 (0.156; 0.384) 34.97 78.33 21.68 0.377 (0.274; 0.481) 39.04 84.25 15.75
Vitamin C (mg) 0.246 (0.134; 0.359) 33.56 75.34 24.66 0.052 (−0.071; 0.175) 28.77 65.76 34.25
Thiamine (mg) 0.412 (0.309; 0.515) 41.10 86.99 13.01 0.292 (0.180; 0.403) 36.30 80.14 19.86
Riboflavin (mg) 0.346 (0.238; 0.454) 39.04 82.19 17.81 0.150 (0.028; 0.272) 34.25 71.24 28.77
Niacin (mg) 0.371 (0.263; 0.480) 41.38 82.07 17.93 0.175 (0.052; 0.298) 34.93 72.6 27.40
Pyridoxine (mg) 0.549 (0.460; 0.638) 51.37 93.15 6.85 0.143 (0.023; 0.263) 32.19 69.86 30.14
Folate (μg) 0.331 (0.225; 0.438) 38.36 79.46 20.55 0.060 (−0.062; 0.182) 30.14 64.39 35.62
Calcium (mg) 0.228 (0.109; 0.346) 36.30 74.66 25.34 0.016 (−1.00; 0.133) 23.40 62.44 33.56
Iron (mg) 0.359 (0.246; 0.473) 43.15 80.14 19.86 0.181 (0.059; 0.303) 35.62 72.61 27.40
Magnesium (mg) 0.523 (0.427; 0.620) 51.37 90.41 9.59 0.096 (−0.024; 0.216) 32.19 66.44 33.56
Phosphorus (mg) 0.447 (0.344; 0.551) 45.89 88.36 11.64 0.055 (− 0.063; 0.173) 28.08 62.33 37.67
Potassium (mg) 0.433 (0.334; 0.533) 42.47 88.36 11.64 0.236 (0.119; 0.354) 34.93 77.4 22.60
Sodium (mg)a 0.469 (0.361; 0.571) 51.03 85.51 14.48 0.440 (0.327; 0.552) 50.00 82.88 17.12
Zinc (mg) 0.096 (−0.30; 0.223) 31.51 68.5 31.51 0.142 (0.018; 0.267) 32.88 69.87 30.14
Mean 0.349 40.62 81.92 18.07 0.191 34.15 73.03 26.68

Weighted k was performed between Last FFQ & average of 24-h;aincluded cooking salt