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Table 2 Comparison of nutrients intakes between two FFQs for 205 participants (median and 25th - 75th percentiles)

From: Validity and reliability of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire in groups at high risk for cardiovascular diseases

Food groups or nutrients

FFQ1

FFQ2

Percentages of median difference

Median

25–75th percentile

Median

25–75th percentile

Food groups(g/d)

 Tuber crops

47.0

21.6–94.0

47.0

25.9–70.5

0.0b

 Meats

29.5

14.7–63.7

37.5

19.1–69.1

21.2b

 Eggs

8.8

1.3–18.5

18.5

3.5–37.0

52.4a

 Grains

416.5

307.3–547.0

443.5

328.9–540.4

6.1

 Oil

33.3

25.0–44.4

33.3

25.0–44.4

0.0

 Vegetables

387.0

230.3–522.0

510.0

383.3–637.0

24.1a

 Fruits

4.2

0.4–14.0

4.0

0.1–11.2

−3.5b

 Aquatic products

42.3

20.0–100.0

64.2

40–101.4

34.1

 Legumes and products

42.9

20.0–65.8

45.5

23.2–71.7

5.7

 Dairy and products

16.8

0.0–84.0

40.0

0.0–87.6

58.0

 Salty agent

10.0

7.4–13.1

10.0

7.4–13.3

0.0

 Spicy agent

16.7

8.3–20.8

16.7

8.3–25.0

0.0

 Sour agent

1.0

0.3–2.5

1.0

0.3–2.1

0.0

Nutrients

 Energy(kcal/d)

1633.1

1329.9–2064.2

1912.0

1483.4–2287.8

14.6a

 Carbohydrate(g/d)

61.0

44.9–79.0

70.4

57.6–88.8

13.4a

 Protein(g/d)

49.2

39.0–65.2

60.2

44.1–72.7

18.2a

 Dietary fiber(g/d)

11.8

8.0–15.1

14.9

11.6–17.9

21.2a

 Cholesterol(mg/d)

104.9

57.2–178.0

163.9

84.5–257.1

36.0a

 Fat(g/d)

222.4

171.2–289.7

248.1

187.3–310.9

10.4a

 SFA(g/d)

9.0

6.2–12.2

10.5

7.7–13.9

14.6a

 MUFA(g/d)

21.3

16.0–29.8

25.8

20.8–35.1

17.4b

 PUFA(g/d)

19.7

14.0–25.8

21.1

16.1–27.6

6.9a

 Vitamin A(μgRE/d)

263.4

174.5–380.7

350.6

270.0–447.7

24.9

 Vitamin D(μg/d)

0.8

0.4–1.7

1.1

0.5–1.9

23.3

 Vitamin E(mg/d)

82.6

22.3–146.7

88.2

30.2–151.2

6.3

 Thiamin(mg/d)

0.8

0.6–1.0

0.9

0.7–1.1

9.8a

 Riboflavin(mg/d)

0.8

0.6–1.0

0.9

0.7–1.1

14.1a

 Pyridoxine(mg/d)

0.3

0.2–0.5

0.4

0.3–0.5

9.2a

 Vitamin C(mg/d)

100.3

60.5–140.4

133.7

98.9–167.5

25.0a

 Folate(μg/d)

159.1

103.8–220.6

208.7

160.3–267.8

23.8a

 Niacin(mg/d)

14.5

11.4–18.5

16.5

12.5–20.4

12.0a

 Calcium(mg/d)

383.7

277.8–499.6

492.0

378.2–605.6

22.0a

 Phosphorus(mg/d)

843.5

668.6–1080.0

998.2

788.1–1188.0

15.5a

 Potassium(mg/d)

1783.2

1331.8–2364.8

2251.3

1731.6–2621.4

20.8a

 Sodium(mg/d)

3804.4

3015.3–4748.1

3843.8

2968.8–4828.0

1.0

 Magnesium(mg/d)

306.9

232.3–371.5

361.0

286.0–425.2

15.0a

 Iron(mg/d)

21.2

16.2–26.1

24.7

18.7–29.5

14.3a

 Zinc(mg/d)

9.0

7.1–11.4

10.4

8.0–12.6

14.2a

 Selenium(μg/d)

27.8

22.1–39.1

34.3

25.5–43.3

19.0a

 Copper(mg/d)

1.5

1.1–1.9

1.7

1.3–2.1

12.2a

 Iodine(μg/d)

31.0

20.8–58.5

42.1

28.0–68.4

26.4

  1. a and b mean P value for test of difference < 0.001 and < 0.05 respectively
  2. Notes: Vegetables including fresh vegetables and pickled vegetables; Aquatic products including fish, shrimp and seaweeds; SFA saturated fatty acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids