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.
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- Authors
- Myint, T.
- Affiliations
- Loma Linda University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Myint, T.
- Venue
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2000-10-15
- Volume
- 152
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 752-755
- ISSN
- 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2139148160
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 0.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Loma Linda University
- National Institutes of Health (5r01ca014703-17)
- National Cancer Institute (2R01-CA14703-15A1)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
- Keywords
- meat consumption, dietary biomarkers, Seventh-day Adventists, food frequency questionnaire, 24-hour dietary recall, dietary assessment validity, racial differences, black and white populations
- MeSH terms
- Black or African American, California, Christianity, Chromatography, Ion Exchange, Diet Surveys, Female, Humans, Male, Meat, Methylhistidines, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mental Recall, Diet, Vegetarian, Logistic Models, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution, White People
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