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A Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire for Women in Southeast China: Development and Reproducibility

M. Zhang, MD, PhD

School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

CW Binns, MPH, PhD

School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

AH Lee, MMath, PhD

School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

This study describes the development and reproducibility of a 128-item quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to measure usual food consumption for women in southeast China. The FFQ was pre-tested using 51 Chinese women who recently migrated to Australia. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.81 for internal consistency. The reliability of the FFQ was then assessed by another test-retest study. A sample of 41 women residing in southeast China was interviewed twice within 12 weeks. Intraclass correlation coefficients were moderate to high for mean food group consumption (0.43-0.96) and mean daily nutrient intakes (0.47-0.89). Kappa statistics for eating habits ranged from 0.27 to 0.89 in the test-retest. The mean ratio of energy intake to basal metabolic rate was 1.73 (S.D. 0.39) in both test and retest samples. The study confirmed that the FFQ method using standard containers is appropriate to assess dietary intake for women in southeast China. Asia Pac J Public Health 2005: 17(1): 29-35.

Key Words: Chinese women • dietary assessment • food consumption • quantitative food frequency questionnaire • reproducibility.

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Vol. 17, No. 1, 29-35 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/101053950501700108
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