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Table 5 Comparison of nutrient intakes as assessed by the Australian Child and Adolescent Eating

From: The development and evaluation of the Australian child and adolescent recommended food score: a cross-sectional study

Nutrients

ACARFS

 

Percent classified in the same quartile

Percent classified in the same or adjacent quartile

Percent grossly misclassified

Quartile 4 κ‡

Quartile 3 κ‡

Quartile 2 κ‡

Quartile 1 κ‡

Overall weighted κ

Overall strength of agreement§

Spearman’s correlation coefficient

% energy from SFA

28.4

66.2

9.4

0.06

−0.01

−0.01

0.13

0.13∥*

Slight

−0.15***

Fiber

47.5

87.2

1.2

0.36

0.12

0.16

0.56

0.62∥**

Substantial

0.67***

Thiamin

41.4

79.0

4.3

0.24

0.15

0.09

0.39

0.43∥**

Moderate

0.47***

Riboflavin

36.9

76.6

5.6

0.14

0.10

0.05

0.35

0.36∥**

Fair

0.42***

Niacin

41.3

82.3

3.3

0.27

0.09

0.09

0.41

0.49∥**

Moderate

0.56***

Folate

43.1

83.5

3.3

0.28

0.16

0.09

0.44

0.51∥**

Moderate

0.56***

Vitamin C

47.0

89.0

0.9

0.39

0.16

0.13

0.50

0.64∥**

Substantial

0.70***

Vitamin A

36.3

78.3

3.2

0.15

0.03

0.02

0.40

0.43∥**

Moderate

0.49***

Î’-Carotene

46.6

87.1

0.6

0.35

0.11

0.13

0.56

0.62∥**

Substantial

0.67***

Iron

44.0

82.2

3.2

0.28

0.15

0.10

0.48

0.50∥**

Moderate

0.54***

Magnesium

45.7

84.6

2.2

0.33

0.12

0.17

0.49

0.56∥**

Moderate

0.62***

Calcium

39.4

78.6

4.9

0.22

0.11

0.08

0.36

0.42∥**

Moderate

0.46***

Zinc

40.1

82.1

2.3

0.28

0.02

0.08

0.42

0.50∥**

Moderate

0.56***

  1. Survey (ACAES) versus Australian Child and Adolescent Recommended Food Score (ACARFS). ACAES, Australian Child and Adolescent Eating Survey; ACARFS, Australian Child and Adolescent Recommended Food Score; κ, kappa statistic; SFA, saturated fatty acids. ‡Quartile 4 indicates the highest ACARFS (32–58) and nutrient intakes, quartile 3 indicates the second highest ACARFS (26–31) and nutrient intakes, quartile 2 indicates the second lowest ACARFS (19–25) and nutrient intakes, quartile 1 indicates the lowest ACARFS (3–18) and nutrient intakes. § Landis and Koch Classification [42]. ∥Standard Error: 0.04 *P < 0.0005 **P < 0.001 *** Significantly different from 0, P < 0.001.