A meta-analysis of the validity of FFQ targeted to adolescents
| Autor: | Emanuele Amodio, Caterina Mammina, Alberto Firenze, Monèm Jemni, Garden Tabacchi, Antonino Bianco, Anna Rita Filippi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Tabacchi, G, Filippi, A, Amodio, E, Jemni, M, Bianco, A, Firenze, A, Mammina, C |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0301 basic medicine
Percentile Adolescent Databases Factual Medicine (miscellaneous) Subgroup analysis FFQ Diet Surveys Standard deviation Validity Correlation 03 medical and health sciences Statistics Nutrition and Dietetic Humans Meta-analysi Obesity Mathematics Obesity prevention 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics Limits of agreement Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Research Papers Meta-analysis Mental Recall Energy Intake Kappa |
| Zdroj: | Public Health Nutr |
| ISSN: | 1475-2727 1368-9800 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThe present work is aimed at meta-analysing validity studies of FFQ for adolescents, to investigate their overall accuracy and variables that can affect it negatively.DesignA meta-analysis of sixteen original articles was performed within the ASSO Project (Adolescents and Surveillance System in the Obesity prevention).SettingThe articles assessed the validity of FFQ for adolescents, compared with food records or 24 h recalls, with regard to energy and nutrient intakes.SubjectsPearson’s or Spearman’s correlation coefficients, means/standard deviations, kappa agreement, percentiles and mean differences/limits of agreement (Bland–Altman method) were extracted. Pooled estimates were calculated and heterogeneity tested for correlation coefficients and means/standard deviations. A subgroup analysis assessed variables influencing FFQ accuracy.ResultsAn overall fair/high correlation between FFQ and reference method was found; a good agreement, measured through the intake mean comparison for all nutrients except sugar, carotene and K, was observed. Kappa values showed fair/moderate agreement; an overall good ability to rank adolescents according to energy and nutrient intakes was evidenced by data of percentiles; absolute validity was not confirmed by mean differences/limits of agreement. Interviewer administration mode, consumption interval of the previous year/6 months and high number of food items are major contributors to heterogeneity and thus can reduce FFQ accuracy.ConclusionsThe meta-analysis shows that FFQ are accurate tools for collecting data and could be used for ranking adolescents in terms of energy and nutrient intakes. It suggests how the design and the validation of a new FFQ should be addressed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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