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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2020 Dec 28;126(8):1247–1256. doi: 10.1017/S0007114520005188

Table 3.

Correlation between nutrient intake FFQ and average of multiple 24-hour dietary recalls among pregnant women living in the urban areas of Pune, India, between 2016 and 2019 and participating in the FFQ validation study (n 58)

(Correlation coefficients and 95 % confidence intervals)

Unadjusted correlation Energy-adjusted* Energy-adjusted and de-attenuated correlation
Nutrient Log-transformed Pearson’s r 95 % CI P Correlation coefficient 95 % CI P
Energy 0·47 0·24, 0·65 0·0002
Protein 0·48 0·25, 0·66 0·0001 0·44 0·21, 0·63 0·0006 0·50
Carbohydrate 0·45 0·22, 0·63 0·0004 0·47 0·24, 0·65 0·0002 0·52
Fat 0·33 0·08, 0·54 0·01 0·42 0·18, 0·62 0·0011 0·50
Saturated fat 0·23 −0·03, 0·46 0·09 0·36 0·12, 0·57 0·0053 0·41
PUFA 0·11 −0·15, 0·36 0·41 0·40 0·15, 0·60 0·0022 0·49
Cholesterol 0·54 0·32, 0·70 <0·0001 0·40 0·15, 0·60 0·0028 0·49
Vitamin B1 0·32 0·06, 0·53 0·02 0·43 0·19, 0·62 0·0008 0·49
Vitamin B2 0·45 0·22, 0·63 0·0004 0·45 0·21, 0·64 0·0005 0·50
Vitamin A (retinol activity equivalents) 0·26 0·0008, 0·48 0·05 0·39 0·14, 0·59 0·003 0·52
Vitamin C 0·28 0·02, 0·50 0·04 0·51 0·29, 0·68 <0·0001 0·64
Ca 0·38 0·14, 0·58 0·003 0·44 0·21, 0·63 0·0005 0·50
Fe 0·40 0·15, 0·60 0·002 0·46 0·22, 0·64 0·0003 0·54
P 0·41 0·17, 0·60 0·002 0·41 0·17, 0·61 0·001 0·46
K 0·33 0·08, 0·54 0·01 0·47 0·24, 0·65 0·0002 0·54
Na 0·26 0·001, 0·49 0·05 0·54 0·33, 0·70 <0·0001 0·73
Zn 0·54 0·33, 0·70 <0·0001 0·51 0·29, 0·68 <0·0001 0·57
*

Adjusted for total energy intake using residuals generated from the model with energy as independent variable and nutrient intake as dependent variable.

Correlation coefficients de-attenuated to account for random measurement error calculated by ANOVA.