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Validation of a food frequency questionnaire used in large-scale prospective cohort studies.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09470106
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Public health/Health science
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

HISAMICHI Shigeru  Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (10142928)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TSUJI Ichiro  Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Associate Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助教授 (20171994)
NAKATSUKA Haruo  Miyagi University, School of Nursing, Professor, 看護学部, 教授 (70164225)
ITO Yoshinori  Fujita Health University, School of Health Sciences, Professor, 衛生学部, 教授 (50087665)
WATANABE Takao  Miyagi University of Education, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (20004608)
坪野 吉孝  東北大学, 医学部, 助手 (00250746)
Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000)
KeywordsEpidemiology / Prospective Cohort Study / Dietary Assessment / Nutrition / Food Frequency Questionnaire / 食品摂取頻度 / 妥当性 / カロテノイド / 食品頻度調査 / ナトリウム
Research Abstract

A large-scale, prospective cohort study of cancer has been ongoing as a collaborative project of epidemiologists nationwide, with Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture. We have participated in this project, and also conducted two cohort studies each involving 50,000 residents in Miyagi prefecture. These studies use a common food frequency questionnaire. We estimated nutrient intakes from the questionnaire and assessed its validity using a 12-day dietary record as the reference standard.
Subjects were 119 residents in two towns of the prefecture (59 men and 60 women). We collected 3-day diet record 4 times in a year, and after that administered the questionnaire. We developed a food composition table corresponding to the food list in the questionnaire and estimated consumption of 15 nutrients.
Correlation coefficients between the questionnaire and the diet records were highest for calcium (0.52) and lowest for niacin (0.24), with the median of 0.34. The coefficient was 0.35 or greater for 7 nutrients. When the subjects were classified into quintiles based on the nutrient intakes estimated from the questionnaire, the means of nutrient intakes calculated from the diet records tended to increase as the quintile levels elevates.
The results suggest that the questionnaire is reasonably valid in classifying the subjects according to the consumption of many nutrients, and that the main cohort studies using this questionnaire could examine the associations between foods, nutrients and health.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1999 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 1999 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) Publications (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Inter- and Intra-individual variation of food and nutrient consumption in a rural Japanese population.1999

    • Author(s)
      Ogawa K, et al.
    • Journal Title

      European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 53

      Pages: 781-785

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1999 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ogawa K. et al.: "Inter-and intra-individual variation of food and nutrient consumption in a rural Japanese population"European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 52. 781-785 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 西野 善一・他: "血清カロテノイド値と飲酒及び喫煙との関係" 第34回 宮城県公衆衛生学会学術総会抄録. 12 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川 恵子・他: "宮城県民を対象とする半定量食物摂取頻度調査法の開発" 第9回 日本疫学会総会講演集. 第9巻1号. 44 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1998 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1997-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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