@misc{10481/71010,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71010},
abstract = {Proper nutrition during pregnancy is pivotal to maintain good health for the child and
the mother. This study evaluates the reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire
(FFQ) designed to assess nutrient intake during pregnancy in the GENEIDA (Genetics, Early life
Environmental Exposures and Infant Development in Andalusia) prospective birth cohort study.
In addition, the nutrient intake was estimated and then compared with European guidelines and
other studies. Diet information was collected from 690 pregnant women using a FFQ administered
at two periods of pregnancy (used for the reproducibility study) and 24-h dietary recall (for the
validity study). Statistical approaches included Spearman’s correlation coefficient and percentage
agreement, classifying women into the same or adjacent quintiles to assess reproducibility, and limits
of agreement (LoA) to evaluate validity. In the study of reproducibility, significant correlations for
nutrients adjusted for total energy had an average of 0.417. Moreover, the percentage of subjects
classified in the same quintile for nutrient intakes were above 66%. In the validation study, the
significant correlation for nutrients adjusted for total energy had an average of 0.272. Nevertheless, the
percentage of results in the LoA was above 94%. Our results were similar to other studies suggesting
that the FFQ used is a valid tool of collect dietary intakes for South-East Spanish pregnant women.},
organization = {Institute of Health Carlos III (PI13/01559), including The
European Regional Development Fund (FEDER)},
organization = {Regional Health Council of Andalusia (Spain) (PI045-2014)},
organization = {Plan propio de Investigación y Transferencia
of the University of Granada under the program “Intensificación de la Investigación, modalidad B”.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Pregnant women},
keywords = {Nutrition},
keywords = {Intake},
keywords = {Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ)},
keywords = {24-h dietary recalls},
keywords = {Spain},
title = {Validity and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Nutrients Intake of Pregnant Women in the South-East of Spain},
doi = {10.3390/nu13093032},
author = {Hinojosa Nogueira, Daniel José and Romero Molina, Desiré and Giménez Asensio, María José and González Alzaga, Beatriz and López Flores, Inmaculada and Pastoriza de la Cueva, Silvia and Rufián Henares, José Ángel and Hernández Jérez, Antonio Francisco and Lacasaña, Marina},
}