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Dietary Assessment of Older Iowa Women with a Food Frequency Questionnaire: Nutrient Intake, Reproducibility, and Comparison with 24-Hour Dietary Recall Interviews

Munger, Ronald G., Folsom, Aaron R., Kushi, Lawrence H., Kaye, Susan A., Sellers, Thomas A.·1992·American Journal of Epidemiology

DOI 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116485

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The authors report the results of a dietary survey of 38,121 Iowa women, 55-69 years of age in 1986, based on a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire previously tested among Boston-area women aged 34-59 years. The Iowa women, compared with the younger Boston-area women, consumed a similar amount of calories (1,767 vs. 1,844 kcal) and a similar amount of total calories from fat (35 vs. 37%) but had markedly greater intake of the following micronutrients after including supplement use: iron (+18%), calcium (+33%), vitamin A (+43%), riboflavin (+46%), thiamine (+50%), and pyridoxine (+122%). The reproducibility of the questionnaire was examined in two more administrations to 44 of the Iowa women in January and June of 1988. Reproducibility was highest for alcohol (Pearson's r = 0.99), caffeine (r = 0.95), and vitamin E (r = 0.90) and lowest for sucrose (r = 0.53), polyunsaturated fat (r = 0.56), and iron (r = 0.59). Micronutrient intakes were generally more reproducible than macronutrient intakes. The agreement between the June 1988 questionnaire and the average of five 24-hour dietary recalls was also assessed in the 44 subjects. The median correlations of energy-adjusted intake were as follows: for macronutrients, r = 0.45; for micronutrients without supplements, r = 0.33; and for micronutrients with supplements, r = 0.64. This food frequency questionnaire appears to be reasonably reproducible and accurate, so that its use may be extended to epidemiologic studies of older women with a broad range of socioeconomic backgrounds.

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Authors: Munger, R. G., Folsom, A. R., Kushi, L. H., Kaye, S. A., & Sellers, T. A.
Affiliations: University of Iowa (US)
University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author: Munger, Ronald G.
ORCID: Munger, Ronald G.
Folsom, Aaron R.
Kushi, Lawrence H.
Sellers, Thomas A.
Venue: American Journal of Epidemiology
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 1992-07-15
Volume: 136
Issue: 2
Pages: 192-200
ISSN: 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116485
OpenAlex: W1894977589
Cited by: 353
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 9.60
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Cancer Institute (R01 CA39742, R01CA039742)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Keywords: food frequency questionnaire, dietary assessment, reproducibility, 24-hour dietary recall, micronutrient intake, macronutrient intake, older women, dietary supplements, iron intake, calcium intake, vitamin intake, questionnaire validation, Iowa women
MeSH terms: Energy Intake, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Iowa, Middle Aged, Nutrition Surveys, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results

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