title: Impact of the revision of a nutrient database on the validity of a self-administered food frequency questionnaire (FFQ).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Revision of the national nutrient database in 2000 had a strong impact on the absolute level of estimated nutrient intake in dietary assessments. However, whether it influenced the ranking of individuals by estimated intake, a more important function in epidemiologic studies, has not been investigated. Here, we investigated the effect of this revision of the nutrient database on the validity of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) used to estimate nutrient intake in the Japan Public Health Center-based prospective Study (JPHC Study).
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects were a subsample of the JPHC Study who volunteered to participate in the validation study of the FFQ. Validity of the FFQ was evaluated by reference to the 28-day weighed dietary records as a gold standard. Nutrient intake according to the FFQ was recalculated using the revised database, and the results were compared to those using the previous database. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients (CCs) between intakes estimated by the FFQ and dietary records were computed using the revised database, and were compared to CCs computed using the previous database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For most of the nutrients, mean intake increased or decreased significantly using the revised database. However, no notable change was seen for the CC between estimated intake according to dietary records and FFQ when the revised database was used for calculation. Differences in the point estimates of the CCs ranged from -0.14 to 0.15. Likewise, CCs between biomarkers and estimated intake according to FFQ were similar for the two databases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite changes in intake levels for many nutrients, the validity of our FFQ using rank correlation by nutrient intake was not influenced by revision of the nutrient database in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology and Prevention Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Manami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Minatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Seiichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iso
authors.forename: Shoichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsugane
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D015930:Diet Records; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D018977:Micronutrients / Q000097:blood / Q000145:classification / Q000652:urine; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009753:Nutritive Value; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012016:Reference Values; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D018977:Micronutrients