J Korean Acad Fam Med.
2006 Oct;27(10):822-829.
Dietary Underreporting from the 2001 Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey
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- 1Department of Family Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, University of Inje College of Medicine, Korea. parkhyunah@hanafos.com
- 2Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, University of North Carolina, USA.
- 3Department of Food Science and Nutrition, The Catholic University of Korea.
Abstract
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BACKGROUND: Underreporting in self-reported dietary survey is a potential source of bias in nutritional epidemiology. We assessed if dietary underreporting existed in the 2001 Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey (KNHANS) and evaluated the health related factors and nutrients associated with dietary underreporting.
METHODS
The subjects were 2,552 men and 3,335 women, 18 years of age or older, with a complete 24 hour recall and physical examination data including height and weight. Basal metabolic rate (BMR) was calculated from weight and height using WHO equations. Questionnaire to assess daily physical activity and regular exercise was done. EI/BMR ratio was used to evaluate dietary underreporting.
RESULTS
The mean EI/BMR ratio of Korean men and women were 1.43+/-0.56 and 1.41+/-0.57, respectively. Among the total, 20.6% of men and 22.8% of women reported their energy intake lower than their BMR. Age was negatively related with EI/BMR ratio only in women (P<0.001). Body mass index, education level, and household income were negatively and daily physical activity was positively associated with the EI/BMR ratio in both sexes. Lower EI/BMR ratio was significantly associated with lower reported fat energy density (% of energy intake) and higher reported carbohydrate and protein energy densities. The EI/BMR ratio was related negatively with nutrient energy densities of Vitamin C, Calcium, and Iron.
CONCLUSION
We could confirm selective dietary underreporting in the 2001 KNHNS. Caution should be paid on the interpretation of the nutrition survey data and efforts should be exercised to reduce dietary underreporting at data collection stages.
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