Evaluation of three nutritional assessment methods in a group of women.
We conducted a reproducibility study of four 24-hour dietary recalls (N = 224) and four biochemical assessments of nutritional status (N = 265) in a group of women in Alabama. For 24-hour recalls, the variance component ratios were all greater than 1, and the intraclass correlation coefficients ranged from 0.16 to 0.27 for macronutrients, and from 0.09 to 0.37 for vitamins and minerals. The intraclass correlation coefficients for biochemical assessments ranged between 0.39 and 0.74 with corresponding variance component ratios of 1 or below for most nutrients. The correlation coefficients between the food frequency questionnaire on the usual dietary intake during the year preceding the beginning of study and the mean values of four 24-hour dietary recalls administered at the initial visit and again after 2, 4, and 6 months ranged from 0.3 to 0.4 for most nutrients. We found plasma beta-carotene levels to be moderately correlated with dietary vitamin A (r = 0.20) and beta-carotene (r = 0.22).
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Division of Biostatistics, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
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D000328:Adult; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014626:Vaginal Smears
D005492:Folic Acid