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Validation and reproducibility of a semi-qualitative food frequency questionnaire for assessment of sodium intake in Iranian population Mohammadifard, Noushin; Grau, Narges; Khosravi, Alireza; Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad; Feizi, Awat; Abdollahi, Zahra; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal

Abstract

Background Few semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires (SFFQ)s has yet been developed to assess sodium intake in Middle East region. This study was performed to validate a SFFQ for assessment of sodium consumption and food groups΄ contribution to sodium intake. Methods This study was performed on 219 healthy participants including 113 adults aged ≥19 years and 106 children aged 6–18 years in Isfahan, Iran. They were administered two SFFQ at the beginning and after 1 year to evaluate the reproducibility. The validity of SFFQ for assessment of sodium intake was compared with 24-h urine sodium and twelve 24-h dietary recalls which were completed monthly during a year as two standard methods. Results Correlation coefficient between the contribution of food groups to sodium intake based on SFFQ and 24-h dietary recalls varied from 0.04 for legumes (P = 0.667) to 0.47 for added salt (P 

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Title
Validation and reproducibility of a semi-qualitative food frequency questionnaire for assessment of sodium intake in Iranian population
Creator
Mohammadifard, Noushin; Grau, Narges; Khosravi, Alireza; Esmaillzadeh, Ahmad; Feizi, Awat; Abdollahi, Zahra; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2022-02-04
Description
Background Few semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires (SFFQ)s has yet been developed to assess sodium intake in Middle East region. This study was performed to validate a SFFQ for assessment of sodium consumption and food groups΄ contribution to sodium intake. Methods This study was performed on 219 healthy participants including 113 adults aged ≥19 years and 106 children aged 6–18 years in Isfahan, Iran. They were administered two SFFQ at the beginning and after 1 year to evaluate the reproducibility. The validity of SFFQ for assessment of sodium intake was compared with 24-h urine sodium and twelve 24-h dietary recalls which were completed monthly during a year as two standard methods. Results Correlation coefficient between the contribution of food groups to sodium intake based on SFFQ and 24-h dietary recalls varied from 0.04 for legumes (P = 0.667) to 0.47 for added salt (P 
Subject
Salt intake; Dietary sodium; Reliability; Validity; Food frequency questionnaire
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-02-17
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0406613
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80847
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Citation
Nutrition Journal. 2022 Feb 04;21(1):9
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s12937-021-00749-7
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher; Other
Copyright Holder
The Author(s)
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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