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. 2021 Mar 3;12(5):1781–1801. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmab017

TABLE 2.

Validation of the assessment tools for estimating (poly)phenol intake1

Dietary assessment methods Reference Number of participants Validated polyphenol(s)
First author (ref) Year Reproducibility Dietary Biomarker Statistical methods
Chun (148) 2009 24-h recall Urine-spot 2908 Partial correlations after adjusting for sex, age, ethnicity, BMI, income level, alcohol consumption, and cigarette smoking Isoflavones
Kilkkinen (154) 2003 24-h recall + DR, S, 48-h recall, S Serum-fasting 48-h recall: 233/3DD: 334 Attenuation regression coefficients Lignans
Cao (90) 2010 7DD Plasma-fasting 92 Correlation coefficients Flavonoids
Grace (150) 2004 7DD DR, S Serum-spot + urine spot 248/333 Pearson's correlation coefficients on log-transformed data Phytoestrogens: isoflavones and lignans
Taguchi (158) 2017 7DD FFQ 37 Correlation coefficients Total polyphenols
Taguchi (94) 2018 BDHQ DR, S 37 Spearman's correlation coefficients Total polyphenols
Jarvinen (162) 1993 DHI +2 121 Interclass correlation coefficients Flavonoids
Budhathoki (145) 2011 FFQ + DR, M 28 Pearson's correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Butchart (146) 2011 FFQ + WR, S 83 Spearman's rank correlation coefficients Flavonoids
Chavez-Suarez (147) 2017 FFQ +2 50 Adjusted correlation coefficients Flavonoids and lignans
Cuervo (159) 2014 FFQ 38 NR Polyphenols
Frankenfeld (48) 2002 2 FFQs Plasma-fasting 77 Pearson's correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Frankenfeld (49) 2003 2 FFQs + Plasma-fasting 96 Pearson's correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Fraser (149) 2016 FFQ + 24-h recall, M Urine-spot Urine: 909; questionnaires: 96,116 Deattenuated correlations Isoflavones
Hankin (160) 2001 FFQ 24-h recall, M 858 Correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Hernandez-Ramirez (151) 2009 FFQ +2 50 Energy adjusted (by means of energy residuals) intraclass correlation coefficients Phytoestrogens: isoflavone and lignans
Ishihara (63) 2009 FFQ, 4DD, Arizona tea questionnaires + DR, M 55 Spearman's rank correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Iwasaki (153) 2009 FFQ DR, M 215 Spearman's correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Kurahashi (155) 2009 FFQ + DR, S NR Spearman's rank correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Kyle (163) 2002 FFQ WR, S 41 men and 40 women Energy-adjusted and Spearman rank correlation coefficients, cross-classification Flavonols, procyanidins, flavon-3-ols, flavanones and flavones
Li (156) 2013 FFQ + 24-h recall, M 121 Correlation coefficients Flavonoids and stilbenes
Lin (41) 2013 FFQ Serum-fasting 135 Correlation coefficients adjusted for energy intake Lignans
Luo (157) 2015 FFQ 24-h recall, M 70 Spearman's correlation coefficients Phytoestrogens: isoflavone and lignans
Yue (164) 2020 FFQ + DR, M 641 men and 724 women Spearman's rank correlation coefficients adjusted and non-adjusted for total energy intake, variance captured by top food contributors Total flavonoids and subclasses
Pietinen (165) 1988 FFQ + DR, M 133 men for validity/190 men for reliability Pearson's correlation coefficients between log-transformed, energy-adjusted intake values Total flavonoids and subclasses
Sasaki (166) 2003 FFQ + 209 Spearman's correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Segovia-Siapco (167) 2016 FFQ 24-h recall, M 55 Pearson's bivariate correlation, cross-classification quartiles, Bland-Altman plots Soy isoflavones
Shahar (168) 2014 FFQ 24-h recall, M 93 Spearman correlation and intraclass correlation, Bland-Altman plot, cross-classification and Cohen's κ Total polyphenols
Thompson (169) 2008 FFQ 24-h recall, M 2053 Deattenuated correlation coefficients Flavonoids
Tsubono (170) 2003 FFQ + DR, M 201 Spearman's correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Wu (174) 2004 FFQ Plasma-spot 194 ANOVA and ANCOVA between quartiles Isoflavones
Yamamoto (64) 2001 FFQ + WR, S Serum-fasting + urine-24 h 215 Spearman's correlation coefficients, energy-adjusted correlation coefficients Isoflavones
Yao (114) 2019 FFQ + DR, NR NR Spearman's rank correlation coefficients Quercetin, myricetin
Yokoyama (171) 2016 FFQ WR, M 142 Spearman's correlation coefficients Isoflavones: daidzein and genistein
Zhang (172) 2009 FFQ + DR, M 61 Pearson's correlation coefficients, cross-classification, Bland-Altman plots Flavonoids
Heald (152) 2006 FFQ WR, S Serum-spot Serum: 203 Spearman's correlation coefficients and Pearson's correlation coefficients/energy-adjusted and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, cross-classification Serum: phytoestrogen; weighed diet records: flavonoids
Tseng (52) 2008 SFQ, FFQ (DAF) DAF (FFQ) Urine-24 h/overnight urine-spot, multiple Questionnaire: 451/urine: 27 Spearman's correlations Isoflavones: daidzein, genistein, glycitein, ODMA, equol
Bhakta (66) 2005 FFQ, 24-h recall 24-h recall, M 133 Cross-classification, energy adjusted and unadjusted Spearman's correlation coefficients, method of triads Phytoestrogens: isoflavone and lignans
French (45) 2007 FFQ, 48-h recall Urine-24 h 26 Spearman rank correlation coefficients, cross-classification (κ, tertile) Phytoestrogens: isoflavone and lignans
Huang (69) 2000 FFQ, 48-h recall 48-h recall, M Urine-24 h 61 Spearman's correlations Isoflavones: daidzein and genistein
Hoge (62) 2019 FFQ, 3DD DR, S Urine-spot 53 Pearson's correlation, cross-classification by median, Cohen κ coefficient, method of triads Total polyphenols
Somerset (42) 2014 FFQ and 3DD + DR, S 60 Spearman's rank correlations, Bland-Altman plots Flavonoids
Ishihara (161) 2003 FFQ + DR, S 392 Spearman's correlation coefficients Genistein
Hakim (50) 2001 FFQ, 4DD, Arizona tea questionnaires + FFQ, S, DR, S 120 Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients; precision was examined using intraclass correlation coefficients between the log-transformed (natural log) estimates of black tea polyphenols for the 2 tea questionnaires (ATQ1 and ATQ2) Total tea polyphenols
Verkasalo (68) 2001 FFQ, 7DD DR, S Plasma-spot 80 Spearman's correlation coefficients Isoflavones: daidzein and genistein
Vian (44) 2015 FFQ, 3DD, 24-h recall + 24-h recall, M + DR, S Urine-spot 120 Method of triads, Pearson's correlation coefficients, intraclass correlation (κ) and Bland-Altman plots, classification by quartiles of consumption Total polyphenols
1

ATQ, The Arizina Tea Questionnaire, BDHQ, brief diet history questionnaire; DAF, Harvard Diet Assessment Form; DHI, dietary history interview; DR, dietary records; FFQ, food-frequency questionnaire; M, multiple conduction; NR, not reported; ODMA, O-Desmethylangolensin; , ref, reference; S, single conduction; SFQ soy food questionnaire; WR, weighed records; 3DD, 3-d food diary (records); 7DD, 7-d food diary (records); +, reproducibility was evaluated; −, reproducibility was not evaluated.

2

Only reproducibility of the tools was evaluated in the study.