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Table 5 Spearman’s Rho between mean daily servings of food groups and specified foods recorded by the SLBDS and 24DR

From: Relative validity of a brief dietary survey to assess food intake and adherence to national dietary guidelines among Sri Lankan adults

Food groups and specified food and beverages

Total (N = 94)

Females (n = 62)

Males (n = 32)

Spearman’s r value

p value

Spearman’s r value

p value

Spearman’s r value

p value

Rice, bread, other cereals and yams

0.82

<  0.001

0.81

<  0.001

0.79

<  0.001

Bread

0.82

<  0.001

0.87

<  0.001

0.73

<  0.001

Dosa

1.00

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

Hoppers

1.00

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

Milk ricea

1.00

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

–

–

Pasta/noodles

0.56

<  0.001

0.38

0.003

1.00

<  0.001

Pittu

0.82

<  0.001

0.71

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

Rice

0.93

<  0.001

0.93

<  0.001

0.86

<  0.001

Roti

0.93

<  0.001

0.95

<  0.001

0.90

<  0.001

String hoppers

0.87

<  0.001

0.86

<  0.001

0.89

<  0.001

Yam/potato/jackfruit/ breadfruit

0.82

<  0.001

0.80

<  0.001

0.83

<  0.001

Fruit

0.81

<  0.001

0.81

<  0.001

0.79

<  0.001

Fruit juice

0.94

<  0.001

0.93

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

Fruit salada

0.70

<  0.001

0.70

<  0.001

–

–

Medium size fruit

0.87

<  0.001

0.90

<  0.001

0.79

<  0.001

Pieces large fruit

0.75

<  0.001

0.68

<  0.001

0.85

<  0.001

Vegetables

0.73

<  0.001

0.82

<  0.001

0.56

<  0.001

Cooked vegetables

0.69

<  0.001

0.74

<  0.001

0.65

<  0.001

Raw vegetables

0.74

<  0.001

0.83

<  0.001

0.50

0.003

Fish, pulses, meat and eggs

0.83

<  0.001

0.83

<  0.001

0.77

<  0.001

Cooked pulses

0.73

<  0.001

0.71

<  0.001

0.75

<  0.001

Dried fish

1.00

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

Dry sprat

0.75

<  0.001

0.77

<  0.001

0.79

<  0.001

Meat/poultry/fresh fish

0.86

<  0.001

0.85

<  0.001

0.85

<  0.001

Whole eggs

0.86

<  0.001

0.97

<  0.001

0.68

<  0.001

Milk and dairy products

0.84

<  0.001

0.86

<  0.001

0.82

<  0.001

Cheese

0.66

<  0.001

0.70

<  0.001

0.72

<  0.001

Curda

0.40

<  0.001

0.39

0.002

–

–

Fresh milk

0.86

<  0.001

0.77

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

Milk powder

0.91

<  0.001

0.93

<  0.001

0.88

<  0.001

Yoghurta

0.43

<  0.001

0.51

<  0.001

–

–

Nuts and oil seeds

Nuts

0.83

<  0.001

0.83

<  0.001

0.82

<  0.001

Other

Medium size desserts

0.85

<  0.001

0.80

<  0.001

1.00

<  0.001

Medium size sweets

0.73

<  0.001

0.60

<  0.001

0.95

<  0.001

Sweet fizzy drinks

0.78

<  0.001

0.67

<  0.001

0.93

<  0.001

Jaggerya

0.85

<  0.001

0.84

<  0.001

–

–

Sugar

0.88

<  0.001

0.86

<  0.001

0.94

<  0.001

Tea/coffee

0.86

<  0.001

0.83

<  0.001

0.91

<  0.001

  1. aCorrelation estimates for ‘milk rice’, ‘fruit salad’, ‘curd’, ‘yoghurt’, and ‘jaggery’ intake in males could not be calculated because there was no variance in the sample