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. 2007 Nov 30;13(5):235–245. doi: 10.2188/jea.13.235

Table 5. Pearson correlation comparing daily intakes of the 9 food groups from food intake and behavior checklist (FBC) 1 and FBC2, and the dietary records by sex and age-group (n=141).

FBC1 FBC2


Women Men Women Men




Students Mothers Fathers Students Mothers Fathers
(n=47, age: 19-20 y.o.) (n=47, age: 39-53 y.o.) (n=47, age: 42-59 y.o.) (n=47, age: 19-20 y.o.) (n=47, age: 39-53 y.o.) (n=47, age: 42-59 y.o.)






r r* r r* r r* r r* r r* r r*
Meat -0.13 NI 0.03 0.06 -0.05 NI 0.29 0.51 0.05 0.10 0.21 0.37
Fish 0.19 0.29 0.27 0.41 0.14 0.22 0.04 0.07 0.19 0.28 0.15 0.24
Egg 0.18 0.28 0.24 0.37 0.25 0.38 0.35 0.54 0.34 0.52 0.33 0.50
Milk 0.66 0.71 0.31 0.33 0.44 0.47 0.49 0.53 0.49 0.53 0.57 0.62
Vegetables 0.26 0.32 -0.12 NI 0.21 0.26 0.35 0.43 0.09 0.36 0.30 0.11
Fruits 0.47 0.65 0.41 0.56 0.26 0.35 0.47 0.64 0.28 0.38 0.28 0.38
Confectionaries 0.05 0.06 0.15 0.20 0.27 0.35 0.19 0.25 0.02 0.02 -0.04 NI
Soft drinks -0.15 NI -0.10 NI -0.04 NI -0.18 NI 0.24 0.29 0.31 0.38
Alcoholic beverages 0.60 0.65 0.55 0.59 0.42 0.45 0.58 0.62 0.55 0.59 0.41 0.44

y.o.: years old

r: Pearson correlation coefficient between FBC1 or FBC2 and DR (energy-, sex-, age-adjusted intakes by the residual method)

r*: de-attenuated correlation coefficient

NI: not indicated for calculation because the coefficient was below zero.