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Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Vitamin D and Calcium Intake in Healthy Female College Students
Food and Nutrition Sciences
  • Dimitrios Papandreou, Zayed University
  • Nikolaos Rachaniotis, Zayed University
  • Maryam Lari, Zayed University
  • Wafa Al Mussabi, Zayed University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2014
Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the reproducibility and validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) and assess calcium and vitamin D intake in health female college students. Methods: Thirty-five healthy female students were conveniently selected to participate in the study. None of the subjects were taking any supplements. The FFQ was validated against intakes from a three-day diet food record report (FR). Results: Positive correlations were observed of daily vitamin D (r = 0.82, p < 0.001) and calcium intake (r = 0.74, p < 0.001) derived from FFQ compared with the FR. The mean intake of vitamin D and calcium derived from FFQ and FR were (233 ± 90, 654 ± 391) and (231 ± 79, 611 ± 352), respectively. The FFQ overestimated vitamin D and Calcium by 2 IU /day (95% CI: –8, 9, p < 0.676 and 43 mg/d (95% CI: 20, 65, p < 0.01). Conclusions: The FFQ used in this study shows promising validation evidence to be used in the future for assessing vitamin D and calcium intakes in female students.

Publisher
Scientific Research Publishing
Keywords
  • Vitamin D,
  • Calcium,
  • Food Frequency Questionnaire,
  • Osteoporosis,
  • Diabetes Type 2,
  • Female Students
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Indexed in Scopus
No
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series
Citation Information
Dimitrios Papandreou, Nikolaos Rachaniotis, Maryam Lari and Wafa Al Mussabi. "Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Vitamin D and Calcium Intake in Healthy Female College Students" Food and Nutrition Sciences Vol. 5 Iss. 21 (2014) p. 2048 - 2052 ISSN: <p><a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/2157-9458" target="_blank">2157-9458</a></p>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dimitrios-papandreou/41/