Comparing the results of a cholesterol and saturated fat screener when using two different scores.
Screener are useful instruments for categorising individuals according to their nutrient intake. To accurately classify the individuals it is important to correctly analyse the screener. Therefore we compared a simple and a weighed score of a cholesterol and saturated fat (SF) screener with the cholesterol and SF intake, respectively, calculated from an extensive food frequency questionnaire. The validation results did not change when a weighed score was used instead of the simple one, indicating that a simple score does not introduce a higher amount of misclassification.
Rohrmann
Sabine
S
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany. srohrman@jhsph.edu
Klein
Gisela
G
D000328:Adult; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000145:classification; D002149:Energy Intake; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids