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Table 3 Reproducibility study: Median daily food intakes, correlation coefficients and the agreement between FFQ1and FFQ2 in 112 lactating mothers

From: Reproducibility and relative validity of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for the Chinese lactating mothers

Food groups

Intake value

Median (P25, P75)

p –valuec

Correlation coefficient

Agreement

Percentage classified in

FFQ1a

FFQ2b

rsd

rie

Same quartile

Same or adjacent quartile

Extreme quartile

Cereals and cereal products (g/day)

145 (108,185)

153 (126,192)

0.10

0.41**

0.48**

22.1

55.7

30.1

Potatoes (g/day)

15 (1.5,35.5)

20 (1.5,40)

0.56

0.38**

0.57**

31.0

70.8

10.6

Coarse cereals (g/day)

15 (1,32.5)

15 (3,26)

0.47

0.38**

0.59**

27.4

64.6

10.6

Vegetables (g/day)

310 (201,416)

295 (207,434)

0.92

0.47**

0.64**

30.1

60.2

13.3

Fruits (g/day)

310 (205,430)

305 (227,391)

0.79

0.45**

0.64**

26.5

64.6

15.0

Meat (g/day)

100 (63,140)

80 (57,108)

0.008

0.50**

0.61**

21.2

63.7

9.7

Poultry (g/day)

60 (40,80)

60 (40,79)

0.83

0.68**

0.87**

20.4

67.3

10.6

Aquatic products (g/day)

45 (30,93)

40 (27,73)

0.25

0.42**

0.50**

27.4

66.3

13.3

Eggs (g/day)

60 (49,72)

58 (50,77)

0.59

0.61**

0.69**

11.5

50.4

17.7

Beans and legume products (g/day)

9 (3,17)

10 (5,20)

0.26

0.43**

0.65**

23.0

60.2

9.7

Milk and milk products (g/day)

134 (0,234)

167 (42,201)

0.94

0.39**

0.55**

23.9

65.5

15.0

Nuts (g/day)

8 (0,20)

10 (0,20)

0.39

0.34**

0.57**

27.4

61.9

15.0

  1. a FFQ1: the first food frequency questionnaire which was conducted at 60–65 days postpartum
  2. b FFQ2: the second food frequency questionnaire which was conducted at 5 weeks later during follow-ups
  3. c p-value: Wilcoxon signed rank test
  4. d rs: Spearman rank correlation coefficients
  5. e ri: Intra-class correlation coefficients
  6. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01