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. 2022 Dec 16;9:1035580. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1035580

TABLE 2.

Correlations between the % of Energy from Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) obtained from the Nova coding performed by the Spanish team versus those obtained via the coding performed by the international team for the Spanish food list using the three different scenarios: lower bound (LB), middle bound (MB) and upper bound (UB) for classifying Nova group 4 (Ultra-processed foods).

Spearman correlation Weighted kappa SE for Kappa Lower CI Upper CI Weighted kappa SE for Kappa Lower CI Upper CI Weighted kappa SE for Kappa Lower CI Upper CI




N LB MB UB LB MB UB
Total EPIC Spain 41,437 0.77 0.78 0.54 0.58 0.0025 0.57 0.58 0.58 0.0025 0.58 0.59 0.37 0.0025 0.36 0.37
Male 15,629 0.72 0.73 0.45 0.53 0.0040 0.52 0.54 0.53 0.0040 0.53 0.54 0.30 0.0040 0.29 0.31
Female 25,808 0.80 0.80 0.59 0.61 0.0031 0.60 0.61 0.61 0.0031 0.61 0.62 0.40 0.0031 0.40 0.41
Asturias 8,542 0.75 0.75 0.60 0.55 0.0054 0.54 0.56 0.55 0.0054 0.54 0.56 0.42 0.0054 0.41 0.43
Male 3,083 0.71 0.72 0.53 0.51 0.0010 0.51 0.51 0.52 0.0010 0.52 0.52 0.36 0.0010 0.35 0.36
Female 5,459 0.76 0.77 0.64 0.57 0.0013 0.56 0.57 0.57 0.0013 0.56 0.57 0.45 0.0013 0.45 0.45
Granada 7,879 0.84 0.84 0.57 0.65 0.0056 0.64 0.66 0.66 0.0056 0.64 0.67 0.39 0.0056 0.38 0.40
Male 1,796 0.81 0.82 0.51 0.62 0.0007 0.62 0.62 0.62 0.0007 0.62 0.62 0.34 0.0007 0.34 0.34
Female 6,083 0.84 0.85 0.58 0.66 0.0014 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.0014 0.66 0.67 0.40 0.0014 0.40 0.40
Murcia 8,515 0.82 0.83 0.60 0.63 0.0054 0.62 0.64 0.64 0.0054 0.63 0.65 0.41 0.0054 0.40 0.42
Male 2,684 0.78 0.79 0.53 0.59 0.0009 0.59 0.59 0.59 0.0009 0.59 0.60 0.36 0.0009 0.36 0.36
Female 5,831 0.84 0.84 0.63 0.65 0.0013 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.0013 0.65 0.65 0.44 0.0013 0.44 0.44
Navarra 8,084 0.76 0.76 0.53 0.56 0.0056 0.55 0.58 0.57 0.0056 0.56 0.58 0.36 0.0056 0.35 0.37
Male 3,908 0.72 0.72 0.45 0.53 0.0011 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.0011 0.53 0.53 0.30 0.0011 0.30 0.31
Female 4,176 0.77 0.77 0.60 0.58 0.0011 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.0011 0.58 0.58 0.43 0.0011 0.43 0.43
San Sebastian 8,417 0.70 0.71 0.45 0.51 0.0054 0.50 0.52 0.52 0.0054 0.51 0.53 0.30 0.0054 0.28 0.31
Male 4,158 0.66 0.67 0.35 0.47 0.0011 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.0011 0.47 0.48 0.22 0.0011 0.22 0.22
Female 4,259 0.74 0.74 0.55 0.55 0.0011 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.0011 0.55 0.55 0.37 0.0011 0.37 0.37