Table 1 Food grouping of the PERSIAN Cohort FFQ items

Whole Grain

Sangak Bread, Wheat/Oats/Barley, Kornoo Bread*, Barley Bread/Diabetic Breads, Zahedani Taftoon Bread*

White Grain

Lavash Bread, Barbari Bread, Baguettes, Rice, Pasta/Noodles, Tiri Bread*, Kalaneh*, Traditional Breads*, Burak Bread*, Tanoori Bread*, Dried Bread*

Beans

Beans, Chickpeas, Mung beans/Lentil/Dhal, Split peas, Soybeans, Fava/Lima beans

Fish

Fish (all types), Canned tuna

Red Meat

Red meat (including lamb, goat, mutton, beef), Camel meat*

Processed Meat

Sausages/Kilbasa/Salami (all types)

Chicken

Chicken, Other poultry (duck, goose, ….)

Egg

Eggs

Cheese

Cheese (all types)

Dairy

Milk, Yogurt, Doogh (Ayran), Kashk (Whey), Flavored Milk (chocolate, strawberry, banana, etc.), Yellow Kashk*, Colostrum*

Vegetables

Lettuce, Cabbage, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Fresh leafy greens, Cooked leafy greens, Eggplant, Celery, Beets/Turnips, Potatoes, Carrots, Garlic, Onions, Bell Peppers, Mushrooms, Corn, Green peas, Green beans, Zucchini, Green Peppers (Jalopeno), Okra*, Local Green Herbs*

Juice

Fresh Fruit Juice

Fruit

Cantaloup Melon, Honeydew, Watermelon, Apricot, Sweet/Sour Cherries, Nectarines, Peaches, Prunus, Fresh Berries, Strawberries, Plums, Fresh Figs, Grapes, Pears, Apples, Kiwi, Citrus Fruits (including Oranges, Tangerines, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit), Pomegranate, Bananas, Persimmon, Mango*, Olive Fruit*, Jujube*, Sapodilla*, Pineapples*

Dried Fruit

Dates, Dried fruit, Raisins

Solid oil

Margarine, Butter, Hydrogenated oils/Animal Fats, Cream/Clotted Cream, Kermanshahi Ghee*

Liquid Oil

Vegetable Oils (all types excluding olive oil)

Olive/ Olive Oil

Olives, Olive oil

Nuts

Walnuts, Peanuts, Other nuts (including pistachios, almonds, cashews, etc.), Seeds (sunflower, zucchini, watermelon), Chilgoza Pine*

Sugar

Sugar Cubes, Nabbat (Crystalized sugar), Honey, Jams, Syrups (all types), Sugar, Red Sugar/Sugar Beet*

Sweets

Cookies/Dry sweets and cakes (i.e. pound cakes), Creamed/Puffed sweets and cakes, Ice cream, Chocolate, Tahini (all types), Noughat*, Masghati*, Komache-Sen*, Zaboli Cookies*

Sweet Drinks

Soft drinks, Non-alcoholic Beer, Juice (all types except for fresh)

Tea

Tea

Salt

Salt, Dalal*