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. 2021 Dec 17;13(12):4521. doi: 10.3390/nu13124521

Table 6.

Agreement of cross-quartile classification and weighted Kappa between BDHD-FFQ and 3DDR.

Nutrients (Unit) Same Tertile (%) Adjacent Tertile (%) Opposite Tertile (%) a Weighted Kappa (95% CI) b
Energy (Kcal/day) 42.27 44.33 2.06 0.43 (0.30;0.55)
Protein (g/day) 41.24 45.36 7.22 0.36 (0.23; 0.50)
Carbohydrate (g/day) 36.08 44.33 4.12 0.30 (0.16; 0.43)
Fat (g/day) 41.24 37.11 4.12 0.32 (0.17; 0.47)
Sodium (mg/day) 31.96 46.39 5.15 0.24 (0.10; 0.38)
Calcium (mg/day) 31.96 43.30 5.15 0.21 (0.08; 0.35)
Potassium (mg/day) 30.93 47.42 5.15 0.23 (0.09; 0.37)
Iron (mg/day) 29.90 38.14 7.22 0.12 (0.02; 0.27)
Phosphate (mg/day) 35.05 45.36 3.09 0.30 (0.16; 0.43)

a Interpretation criteria (% in opposite tertile): good: ≤10%, poor: >10% [44]. b Interpretation criteria: good: ≥0.61; acceptable: 0.20–0.59; poor: <0.20 [44]. Abbreviations: 3DDR, 3-day diet recall; BDHD-FFQ, Bangladeshi Hemodialysis-Food Frequency Questionnaire; CI, confidence interval.