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Table 3 Median, 25th and 75th percentiles for each nutrient measured by the sqFFQ and WFR (n = 91)a

From: Relative validity of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for Singaporean toddlers aged 15–36 months

 

WFRb

sqFFQb

Calibrated sqFFQc

Median

25th

75th

Median

25th

75th

Median

25th

75th

 Total energy (kJ)

4608

3659

5653

6178

5405

8173

4629

3958

5121

 protein (g)

40.8

30.4

58.1

57.0

47.0

70.8

43.6

38.8

51.2

 total fat (g)

36.7

29.0

43.7

42.8

35.4

55.5

37.2

33.3

40.6

 SFA (g)

14.8

11.8

17.7

16.5

12.9

21.1

15.1

14.5

15.9

 MUFA (g)

14.1

12.9

17.3

17.1

13.1

21.6

14.5

13.2

15.6

 PUFA (g)

6.1

5.0

8.4

8.6

5.9

10.1

6.8

5.9

7.7

 DHA (g)

0.10

0.04

0.22

2.80

0.29

4.16

0.12

0.09

0.19

 total CHO (g)

143

108

175

214

176

280

145

121

160

 sugars (g)

63.7

46.7

85.5

93.8

62.3

130

65.5

56.1

72.9

 fibre (g)

8.0

5.8

11.2

14.7

10.9

16.9

7.5

6.5

9.0

Vitamins

 A (μg)

591

413

808

629

484

860

692

600

831

 B1 (mg)

1.0

0.6

1.2

1.2

0.8

1.5

0.9

0.7

1.1

 B2 (mg)

1.1

0.8

1.5

1.5

1.1

1.8

1.2

1.0

1.3

 B3 (mg)

10.0

6.8

12.9

14.1

9.5

17.9

10.2

8.7

11.5

 DFE (μg)

260

161

333

374

296

515

259

213

298

 B12 (μg)

2.6

1.4

3.4

3.3

2.3

4.0

2.7

2.1

3.1

 C (mg)

78.5

40.5

110

113

64.0

145

71.4

59.7

86.4

 E (mg)

4.2

2.6

8.5

7.7

5.7

9.5

4.8

4.3

5.2

Minerals

 Ca (mg)

682

455

863

927

689

1312

667

506

795

 Fe (mg)

8.0

5.5

10.8

11.6

7.8

15.4

7.6

5.9

9.3

 I (μg)

126

104

165

159

125

210

131

123

143

 K (mg)

1349

1025

1804

1891

1547

2363

1450

1284

1633

 Mg (mg)

150

115

186

219

180

275

142

116

157

 P (mg)

747

549

1006

1026

762

1273

692

564

780

 Na (mg)

936

480

1235

961

733

1279

777

667

949

 Zn (mg)

6.1

4.5

7.5

8.5

6.2

10.9

5.9

5.1

6.6

  1. aDifferences between medians assessed by the Wilcoxon signed rank test
  2. bBefore calibration, all median differences except for vitamin A were statistically significant (p < 0.001)
  3. cWFR and calibrated sqFFQ median was significantly different for vitamin A (p = 0.04)