Korean J Health Promot.  2018 Jun;18(2):98-106. 10.15384/kjhp.2018.18.2.98.

Gender Analysis of Food Items Selection for Food Frequency Questionnaire Development

• Kang M
• Lee JE
• Shim JE
• Paik HY

• KMID: 2415942
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15384/kjhp.2018.18.2.98

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The aims of this study were 1) to compare foods between men and women with high contributions to absolute intake and the variability in energy and nutrient intakes, which are common criteria of selecting foods for food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), 2) to analyze possible inaccuracies due to not taking gender into consideration.
METHODS
The study used 1-day 24 hour recall data of 7,952 participants (n=3,250 men, n=4,702 women) aged 19-64 years who participated in the 2013-2014 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Foods which have high possibility of being included in FFQ items, called candidate foods, were selected by analyzing their contribution to absolute intake and variability in the intakes of energy and 15 nutrients in total participants, men and women.
RESULTS
The number of candidate foods selected was 133 for total participants, 126 for men, and 153 for women. Intakes of candidate foods for total participants were significantly higher in energy and six nutrients out of selected 16 nutrients than those of candidate foods for men only. On the contrary, all nutrient intakes of candidate foods for total participants were significantly lower than those of candidate foods for women only.
CONCLUSIONS
Differences were revealed between men and women not only in the total numbers, but also in the selected food items from the candidate foods for FFQ. Thus, developing FFQs without considering gender may produce systematic errors in dietary assessment, possibly in different directions for men and women.

Keyword

Gender; Food selection; FFQ development; Dietary assessment; KNHANES

MeSH Terms

Female
Food Preferences
Humans
Korea
Male
Nutrition Surveys

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  Figure 1. Selection of candidate foods for the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ).a

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  Figure 2. Ratios of energy and nutrient intakes for the selected candidate foods.a-c

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