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Using a short food frequency questionnaire to estimate dietary calcium consumption: a tool for patient education.

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Blalock, SJ; Currey, SS; DeVellis, RF; Anderson, JJ; Gold, DT; Dooley, MA
Published in: Arthritis Care Res
December 1998

OBJECTIVE: To develop a short food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) assessing calcium intake and a prediction equation for estimating total calcium intake from the short FFQ. METHODS: Data were collected from 536 women via mailed questionnaires at 3 time points. Stepwise regression analyses were used to identify those foods and beverages included in the Black Health Habits and History Questionnaire (HHHQ) that explained the most variance in participants' dietary calcium intake. A prediction equation was developed to estimate total calcium intake based only on information from the foods/beverages identified. RESULTS: Calcium obtained from 15 foods/beverages explained 97.2% of the variance in total calcium intake. The mean absolute difference between total calcium intake estimated from the 15 foods/beverages and the full HHHQ was less than 50 mg at each time point. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that a short FFQ can provide estimates of total dietary calcium consumption comparable to the full Block HHHQ.

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Arthritis Care Res

DOI

ISSN

0893-7524

Publication Date

December 1998

Volume

11

Issue

6

Start / End Page

479 / 484

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Women's Health
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Regression Analysis
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Nutrition Assessment
  • North Carolina
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Blalock, S. J., Currey, S. S., DeVellis, R. F., Anderson, J. J., Gold, D. T., & Dooley, M. A. (1998). Using a short food frequency questionnaire to estimate dietary calcium consumption: a tool for patient education. Arthritis Care Res, 11(6), 479–484. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.1790110608
Blalock, S. J., S. S. Currey, R. F. DeVellis, J. J. Anderson, D. T. Gold, and M. A. Dooley. “Using a short food frequency questionnaire to estimate dietary calcium consumption: a tool for patient education.Arthritis Care Res 11, no. 6 (December 1998): 479–84. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.1790110608.
Blalock SJ, Currey SS, DeVellis RF, Anderson JJ, Gold DT, Dooley MA. Using a short food frequency questionnaire to estimate dietary calcium consumption: a tool for patient education. Arthritis Care Res. 1998 Dec;11(6):479–84.
Blalock, S. J., et al. “Using a short food frequency questionnaire to estimate dietary calcium consumption: a tool for patient education.Arthritis Care Res, vol. 11, no. 6, Dec. 1998, pp. 479–84. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/art.1790110608.
Blalock SJ, Currey SS, DeVellis RF, Anderson JJ, Gold DT, Dooley MA. Using a short food frequency questionnaire to estimate dietary calcium consumption: a tool for patient education. Arthritis Care Res. 1998 Dec;11(6):479–484.

Published In

Arthritis Care Res

DOI

ISSN

0893-7524

Publication Date

December 1998

Volume

11

Issue

6

Start / End Page

479 / 484

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Women's Health
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Regression Analysis
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Nutrition Assessment
  • North Carolina
  • Humans
  • Female