A Data-Based Approach to Diet Questionnaire Design and Testing

Block, Gladys; Hartman, Anne M.; Dresser, Connie M.; Carroll, Margaret D.; Gannon, Janet G.; Gardner, Lilly B.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114416

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“…The list of foods and the portion-sizes for the FFQ were developed by means of a data-based approach using dietary intake data following the methods of Block et al (1986) and Willett (1990). The adaptation of an adult FFQ is less satisfactory and the adaptation process and testing may take longer in the end (Rockett and Colditz, 1997).…”

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Short-term repeatability of a food frequency questionnaire in New Zealand children aged 1–14 y

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Objective: To evaluate the repeatability of a children's food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) by gender, ethnicity, and age group. Design: A 117-item FFQ asking about food intake patterns over the past 4 weeks was developed using food records from 428 children (204 boys and 224 girls) and the reproducibility on average 13 days apart was tested in 130 children (78 boys and 52 girls). Children were recruited using clustered probability sampling (n ¼ 103), and a convenience sample of 25 Maori children. Setting: Children aged 1-14 y from Auckland, Feilding and Shannon, New Zealand. Subjects: There were 71 Maori, 20 Pacific, and 39 Other children. Results: Spearman correlations between the two FFQs ranged from 0.50 for bread to 0.82 for fruit, with a median of 0.76 for spreads and nonmilk drinks, and Cronbach's coefficient a's ranged from 0.59 for bread to 0.92 for nonmilk drinks, with a median of 0.85 for mixed meat dishes. There were no significant differences between the two administrations, apart from reporting higher intakes of vegetables and snacks & sweets in the first FFQ. Correlation coefficients tended to be slightly higher in boys than in girls, and in Other ethnic groups compared to Maori and Pacific children. Correlations were slightly higher for the 1-4 y age group, intermediate in the 10-14 y age group, and lowest in the 5-9 y-old age group. Conclusions: Overall, the FFQ described here shows similar or better repeatability in New Zealand children of all major ethnic groups compared to other child or adolescent FFQs.

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Short-term repeatability of a food frequency questionnaire in New Zealand children aged 1–14 y

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“…Plasma levels of fasting total cholesterol were obtained using standardized enzymatic procedures with a Hitachi 705 automated spectrophotometer (Boehringer Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany). Diet was assessed by trained bilingual research assistants using a modified Block National Cancer Institute food frequency questionnaire 18, 19. This validated food frequency questionnaire includes 207 foods, modified slightly to include specific dietary items frequently consumed by Hispanic populations, and is intended to represent typical food consumption over the previous year.…”

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Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Biomarkers of Subclinical Brain Aging: The Northern Manhattan Study

Gardener

Caunca

Dong

et al. 2018

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BackgroundThe American Heart Association Life's Simple 7 metric defines ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) on 7 factors: smoking, diet, physical activity, body mass index, blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol. This metric has been used to define optimal brain health, but data relative to subclinical imaging biomarkers of brain aging are lacking. This study examines the association between Life's Simple 7 with white matter hyperintensity volume, silent brain infarcts, and cerebral volume.Methods and ResultsA subsample of stroke‐free participants from the population‐based Northern Manhattan Study underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging an average of 7 years after baseline. Linear and logistic regression models were constructed to estimate associations between the number of ideal CVH metrics achieved with imaging biomarkers of brain aging, adjusting for sociodemographics. Among 1031 participants (mean age at magnetic resonance imaging=72±8, 40% men, 19% black, 16% white, and 65% Hispanic), no one had ideal status in all 7 factors, 1% had ideal status in 6 factors, 18% in 4 to 5 factors, 30% in 3 factors, 33% in 2 factors, and 18% in 0 to 1 factors. The number of ideal CVH factors achieved was inversely associated with white matter hyperintensity volume (beta per factor=−0.047; P=0.04) and silent brain infarct (odds ratio per factor=0.84; 95% confidence interval=0.72–0.97) and positively associated with cerebral volume (beta per factor=0.300; P=0.002).ConclusionsAn increasing ideal CVH score was associated with less white matter hyperintensity volume and silent brain infarcts and greater cerebral volumes, supporting the Life's Simple 7 metric as a useful measure to quantify optimal brain health. Monitoring and promoting achievement of Life's Simple 7 ideal CVH factors may improve subclinical and clinical brain health outcomes.

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“…The questionnaire was based on validated food questionnaires following published guidelines (Willett, 1990;Cade et al, 2002). It included the same types of questions and frequency rating scales as those commonly used in other questionnaires (Block et al, 1986;Mannisto et al, 1996;Rohrmann and Becker, 2002) and was pretested among students and professors of the Universite´de Montre´al and employees of Hydro-Que´bec before being administered to the volunteers. It focused on seafood consumption, categorized into sport fish, commercial fish and shellfish.…”

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Comparison of a toxicokinetic and a questionnaire-based approach to assess methylmercury intake in exposed individuals

Noisel

Bouchard

Carrier

et al. 2010

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Methylmercury (MeHg) is a neurotoxic contaminant and one of the main sources of exposure in humans is seafood consumption. It is thus of interest to assess precisely MeHg exposure. The objective of this study was to estimate MeHg daily intake in exposed individuals using two different approaches, a food questionnaire and toxicokinetic modeling, and compare the complementary and use of each method. For this purpose, a group of 23 fishermen from northern Quebec provided blood and hair samples and answered a standard food questionnaire focusing on seafood consumption. A published and validated toxicokinetic model was then used to reconstruct MeHg daily intakes from mercury (Hg) measurements in biological samples. These intakes were compared to those estimated using a standard food questionnaire on seafood consumption. Daily intakes of MeHg from seafood (mean/median (range)) estimated from hair concentrations with the toxicokinetic-based approach were 6.1/5.2 (0.0-19) mg/day. These intake values were on average six times lower than those estimated using a food questionnaire, that is, 49/32 (7.2-163) mg/day. No correlation was found between the toxicokinetic-based and the questionnaire estimates of MeHg daily intakes. Most of the MeHg intakes estimated with the food questionnaire (21/23) exceeded the US EPA RfD of 0.1 mg/kg bw/day, whereas only a small proportion (6/23) of modeled estimates exceeded the RfD. This study shows that human health risk estimates strongly depend on the chosen approach.

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A Data-Based Approach to Diet Questionnaire Design and Testing

Cited by 1,961 publications

References 19 publications

Short-term repeatability of a food frequency questionnaire in New Zealand children aged 1–14 y

Short-term repeatability of a food frequency questionnaire in New Zealand children aged 1–14 y

Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Biomarkers of Subclinical Brain Aging: The Northern Manhattan Study

Comparison of a toxicokinetic and a questionnaire-based approach to assess methylmercury intake in exposed individuals

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