The Malmo Food Study: validity of two dietary assessment methods for measuring nutrient intake

Riboli, Elio; Elmståhl, Sölve; Saracci, Rodolfo; Gullberg, Bo; Lindgärde, Folke

doi:10.1093/ije/26.suppl_1.s161

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“…compared with a typical Western diet, the intake of energy and the absolute intakes of fat and carbohydrates are much higher in rural as well as urban Cameroon (Ocke Â et al, 1997;Bohlscheid-Thomas et al, 1997;Bingham et al, 1997;Riboli et al, 1997;Norris et al, 1997). Also the energy percentage of fat is higher than that in a Western diet, while that of protein is lower (Bohlscheid-Thomas et al, 1997;Bingham et al, 1997;Riboli et al, 1997;Norris et al, 1997). However, several decades ago, when nutrition campaigns had not yet focused on lowering the total fat intake, the energy percentage of fat was similar to that seen in Cameroon nowadays (Stephen & Wald, 1990).…”

Section: Habitual Diet In Cameroon LI Mennen Et Almentioning

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The habitual diet in rural and urban Cameroon

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Objective: To evaluate the habitual diet of a rural and urban population in Cameroon, Central Africa. Setting: An urban areaÐCite Â Verte Housing District, Yaounde Â (1058 subjects); and a rural areaÐthree villages in Evodoula, Cameroon (746 subjects). Subjects: Cameroonian men and women of African origin (1058 urban, and 746 rural), aged 24±74 y. Methods: The habitual diet was estimated with an interviewer-administered food frequency questionnaire. Main outcome measures: Macro-and micronutrient intake. Results: The intake of energy, fat and alcohol was higher in rural men and women than in urban subjects. In rural women, the intake of carbohydrates and protein was also higher. The intakes of ®bre, iron, carotene, zinc, potassium, and of the vitamins C, D and E were all higher in rural men and women than in their urban counterparts. The intake of retinol was lower in rural subjects than in urban subjects. Eight of the 10 foods eaten in the highest amount and contributing most to energy intake differed between the rural and urban population. Conclusion: The habitual diet in rural Cameroon contains more fat and alcohol than the diet in urban Cameroon. The high physical activity in the rural area may explain the lower levels of the cardiovascular risk factors in this area compared to those of the urban dwellers.

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Section: Habitual Diet In Cameroon LI Mennen Et Almentioning

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The habitual diet in rural and urban Cameroon

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“…The consumption of dietary supplements was recorded in the 7-day menu book and the contribution of nutrients from supplements T 10·3 13·0 8·1 8·7 8·9 10·8 Married 74·4 62·8 64·6 57·7 68·0 60·1 Divorced 13·2 19·5 19·0 23·2 16·4 21·3 Widowed 2·1 2·3 8·4 9·1 5·7 5·8 and their relationships to dietary habits have been described elsewhere (Elmståhl et al, 1994). The method has been validated for nutrients as well as food items, using an 18-day weighed dietary record as a reference, in a separate methodological study (Elmståhl et al, 1996a;Riboli et al, 1997). The results showed good agreement with the reference method for energy, macronutrients, minerals and vitamins with correlation coefficients in the order of 0·6-0·7 and for the main 23 food groups covering habitual dietary habits in the order of 0·5-0·7 using correlation analyses.…”

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Dietary Patterns in High and Low Consumers of Meat in a Swedish Cohort Study

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The objective was to examine relationships between meat and other food items which have been associated with higher risk of cancer in the colon and prostate in some epidemiological studies. The study was conducted as a population-based cohort study comprising 11648 subjects (4816 male and 6742 female) born between 1926 and 1945 and living in the city of Malmö , Sweden. Data on mean daily intake of foods and nutrients were assessed with a diet history method combining a 7-day menu book and a food frequency questionnaire. Increasing meat intake, expressed in quintiles and adjusted for energy, was associated with decreasing intakes of poultry, fish, fruits, bread, cereals and cheese in both sexes. Low negative correlations between meat intake and ascorbic acid (r = −0·11) and fiber (r = −0·16 to −0·20) were noted. The average intake of fat from meat out of total fat intake was 13·6% in men and 11·9% in women. No major associations were noted between meat and the cholesterol raising fatty acids C:12:0, C:14:0, C:160 nor for C:20:4 or its precursor C:18:2.In conclusion, our findings indicate that meat consumption is negatively associated with food groups rich in antioxidants and fiber and the positive covariance reported between meat and cancer and coronary heart disease might, therefore, not be directly linked to components in meat.

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“…The current study examined food sources of AA (see below), total energy intakes (MJ), the percent contribution of fat, carbohydrates and protein to total energy (% energy), and dietary fibre intakes (grams per 4.19 MJ). The reproducibility and concurrent validity of the MDC diet methodology was previously examined with 18 days of food records during 1 year as the reference (Riboli et al, 1997). The validation coefficients of nutrient intakes were generally higher than those found in comparable methods in other populations (Willett, 1998).…”

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Associations between estimated acrylamide intakes, and hemoglobin AA adducts in a sample from the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort

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Objective: To examine the coherence of estimated intakes of acrylamide (AA) from foods, with hemoglobin (Hb) AA adduct levels, an objective marker of environmental AA exposure. Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: The Malmö Diet and Cancer study, a large population-based prospective cohort (n ¼ 28 098) in the south of Sweden. Subjects: A sample of non-smoking (n ¼ 70) and smoking (n ¼ 72) women and men selected to obtain large variation in Hb AA adducts. Methods: Self-reported data on the usual consumption of foods were combined with published data on the AA content in Swedish foods. The Hb AA adduct levels were determined by a modified Edman degradation method. Linear regression and correlation analysis examined associations between estimated AA intakes, and Hb AA adducts. Results: In randomly selected individuals (n ¼ 40), the estimated median AA intake was 28 mg per day. In linear regression models, adjusting for sex, significant associations were seen in non-smokers between Hb AA adducts and estimated AA from foods (P ¼ 0.006). In smokers both AA from foods (P ¼ 0.006) and the calculated amount of tobacco consumed (P ¼ 0.003) were significantly associated with Hb AA adducts. Positive partial correlations between dietary AA estimates and Hb AA adducts were seen in smoking men (r ¼ 0.37) and women (r ¼ 0.59), and in non-smoking men (r ¼ 0.60), but not in non-smoking women. Conclusions: This study suggests that both diet and tobacco are important sources of the environmental AA exposure, although the lack of correlations in non-smoking women cast doubt on the validity of dietary AA intake estimates used in cancer epidemiology, or suggest that unrecognized factors may influence the internal dose measure of AA exposure.

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The Malmo Food Study: validity of two dietary assessment methods for measuring nutrient intake

Abstract: Overall, the study indicated that both methods A and B had good ranking validity compared to the reference and that in most cases the combined method (B) performed slightly better than the extensive food frequency method (A).

Cited by 203 publications

References 8 publications

The habitual diet in rural and urban Cameroon

The habitual diet in rural and urban Cameroon

Dietary Patterns in High and Low Consumers of Meat in a Swedish Cohort Study

Associations between estimated acrylamide intakes, and hemoglobin AA adducts in a sample from the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort

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