title: The relationship between interviewer-respondent race match and reporting of energy intake using food frequency questionnaires in the rural South United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the observational study was to determine whether interviewer race influences food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) reporting accuracy in a Deep South, largely African American cohort.
  
  
  METHODS
  A secondary analysis was conducted to investigate the influence of interviewer race on energy reporting of 319 African Americans who participated in the Mississippi Communities for Healthy Living intervention in May-June 2011, a community-based and USDA-funded project. Reported energy intake was compared to total energy expenditure to identify normal (ENR), under-(EUR) and over-reporters (EOR). Multivariate logistic regression models determined the relationship between race match and energy misreporting, accounting for confounding variables (educational level, health status perception, BMI, gender, and age) identified using chi-square/correlation analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample included 278 African Americans with 165 EURs, 26 EORs, and 87 ENRs identified. Logistic regression analyses revealed that there was no relationship between race-matched participants and EUR or EOR; controlling factors, BMI and perceived health status were significant in the model.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study is the first to our knowledge to examine whether race influences dietary intake reporting which may influence assessment data used for comparison with health outcomes. This may have important implications for research conducted in health disparate populations, particularly rural, Southern populations.
authors: The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5172, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001, USA.
authors: Jennifer L
authors: JL
authors: Lemacks
authors: The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5172, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001, USA.
authors: Holly
authors: H
authors: Huye
authors: The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5172, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001, USA.
authors: Renee
authors: R
authors: Rupp
authors: The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5172, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001, USA.
authors: Carol
authors: C
authors: Connell
keywords: African American; DGA, Dietary Guidelines for Americans; Diet surveys; ENR, energy normal reporters; EOR, energy over reporters; EUR, energy under reporters; FFQ, Food Frequency Questionnaires; Health behavior; LMD, Lower Mississippi Delta; Minority health; Rural health; pTEE, predicted total energy expenditure; rEI, reported energy intake