title: Urinary 1-methylhistidine is a marker of meat consumption in Black and in White California Seventh-day Adventists.
abstract: Meat consumption predicts risk of several chronic diseases. The authors validate the accuracy of meat consumption reported by food frequency questionnaires and the mean of eight 24-hour recalls, using urinary methylhistidine excretion, in 55 Black and 71 White Adventist subjects in Los Angeles and San Diego, California, in 1994-1997. 1-Methylhistidine excretion predicts vegetarian status in Black (p = 0.02) and in White (p = 0.005) subjects. Spearman's correlation coefficients between 1-methylhistidine and estimated meat consumption were usually between 0.4 and 0.6 for both food frequency questionnaires and 24-hour recall data. This is despite the chance collection of dietary recalls and urines from omnivores on meatless days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Loma Linda University, CA 92350, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Myint
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Lindsted
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Knutsen
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D017677:Age Distribution; D002140:California; D002835:Christianity; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004034:Diet Surveys; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D011939:Mental Recall; D008762:Methylhistidines / Q000652:urine*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D008762:Methylhistidines