Validation of a short questionnaire for grouping individuals according to their intakes of cholesterol and unsaturated fats
- 08.04.2003
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S. Rohrmann, Heidelberg, and G. Klein, Mainz
Our study was intented to validate a short questionnaire concerning intakes of saturated fat and cholesterol. The SQ comprises 9 food items for cholesterol intake and 11 for the intake of saturated fat. It had been sent to a randomly selected sub-sample of 300 participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) in Heidelberg.For 244 participants who returned the questionnaire a score for both nutrients was calculated and compared with cholesterol and saturated fat intakes calculated from a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) comprising148 food items. Both scores correlated significantly with intakes calculated from the FFQ (rsp = 0.49 cholesterol, rsp = 0.47 saturated fat). More than 50 % of the respondents were assigned by SQ and FFQ to the same consumption categories, less than 6 % to opposite categories. The validity of the SQ hence was satisfactory, i.e. the questionnaire is helpful in grouping individuals according to their intakes of cholesterol and unsaturated fats. EU04/03
Keywords: Validation / short questionnaire / grouping of individuals / intake of cholesterol and unsaturated fats
Sie finden den Artikel in deutscher Sprache in Ernährungs-Umschau 03/03 ab Seite 142.
