Validation of Energy and Nutrition Intake in Japanese Elderly Individuals Estimated Based on a Short Food Frequency Questionnaire Compared against a 7-day Dietary Record: The Kyoto-Kameoka Study
Daiki Watanabe,
Hinako Nanri,
Tsukasa Yoshida,
Miwa Yamaguchi,
Mayu Sugita,
Yoshizu Nozawa,
Yuki Okabe,
Aya Itoi,
Chiho Goto,
Yosuke Yamada,
Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata,
Hisamine Kobayashi,
Misaka Kimura,
Kyoto-Kameoka Study Group
Affiliations
Daiki Watanabe
Section of Healthy Longevity Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
Hinako Nanri
Section of Healthy Longevity Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
Tsukasa Yoshida
Section of Healthy Longevity Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
Miwa Yamaguchi
Section of Healthy Longevity Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
Mayu Sugita
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo 210-8681, Japan
Yoshizu Nozawa
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo 210-8681, Japan
Yuki Okabe
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo 210-8681, Japan
Aya Itoi
Department of Health, Sports and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Kobe Women’s University, Hyogo 650-0046, Japan
Chiho Goto
Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Human Life, Nagoya Bunri University, Aichi 492-8520, Japan
Yosuke Yamada
Section of Healthy Longevity Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata
Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
Hisamine Kobayashi
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo 210-8681, Japan
Misaka Kimura
Department of Health and Sports Sciences, Kyoto Gakuen University, Kyoto 621-8555, Japan
Kyoto-Kameoka Study Group
Section of Healthy Longevity Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan
To determine the association between geriatric disorders and dietary intake, validation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for elderly individuals is needed. We compared energy and nutrient intakes derived from dietary records (DR) and FFQ in an elderly population and compared the data against results from middle-aged individuals (30–68 years) from a previous study. Current participants included 65 women and 78 men (65–88 years) who completed FFQ and 7-day DR in a subpopulation of the Kyoto-Kameoka study. Our FFQ was created for middle-aged individuals. To validate the FFQ, we investigated equivalent precision by comparing the correlation coefficients between the present and previous study. Median correlations for energy and nutrient intake between the DR and FFQ in the current and previous studies were 0.24 and 0.30 (p = 0.329) in women and 0.24 and 0.28 (p = 0.399) in men, respectively. The median ratio of FFQ to DR for these intakes were also similar. The accuracy and precision of the FFQ for energy and nutrient intake in elderly individuals did not differ compared with previous findings in a middle-aged population. A validation study evaluating energy and nutrient intake using recovery biomarkers is further needed.