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Table 2 Validity of intakes of food groups between 24 h DRs and FFQ

From: Reliability and validity of the FFQ and feeding index for 7-to 24-month-old children after congenital heart disease surgery

Food groups

FFQ

24 h DRs

rsa

P-value

Mean

Median

P25

P75

Mean

Median

P25

P75

Frequency of breastfeeding (times/day)

5.0

0.0

0.0

11.7

11.2

0.0

0.0

25.7

0.856

 < 0.001

Formula milk (mL/per time)

110

110

75

150

100

108

70

150

0.847

 < 0.001

Frequency of complementary food (times/day)

17.5

14.0

14.0

14.0

25.0

23.3

18.7

30.3

0.497

 < 0.001

Frequency of fruit

3.0

3.0

1.0

5.0

3.1

2.0

0.0

7.0

0.56

 < 0.001

Portion of fruit

0.5

0.5

0.0

1.0

0.8

0.2

0.0

0.7

0.321

0.001

Frequency of vegetables

2.5

3.0

0.0

3.0

3.3

2.0

0.0

7.0

0.343

0.001

Portion of vegetables

0.4

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.5

0.231

0.022

Frequency of meat

1.4

0.0

0.0

3.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.166

0.103

Portion of meat

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.222

0.028

Frequency of fish

1.7

1.0

0.0

3.0

1.5

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.335

0.001

Portion of fish

0.6

0.5

0.0

1.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.354

 < 0.001

Frequency of red meat

2.8

3.0

0.0

5.0

4.6

7.0

2.0

7.0

0.41

 < 0.001

Portion of red meat

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.1

0.6

0.235

 < 0.001

Portion of soy products

0.4

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.153

 < 0.001

Portion of solid soy products

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.000

——

Portion of liquid soy products

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.345

 < 0.001

Frequency of coarse food grain

1.2

1.0

0.0

1.0

1.6

0.0

0.0

2.0

0.215

0.034

Portion of coarse food grain

0.4

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.24

0.017

Frequency of egg

2.2

1.0

0.0

2.5

1.8

0.0

0.0

5.0

0.472

 < 0.001

Portion of egg

0.5

0.5

0.0

1.0

0.4

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.369

 < 0.001

  1. Abbreviation: FFQ food frequency questionnaire. 24 h DRs 24-h diet records from 3 consecutive days
  2. FFQ and 24 h DRs for Chinese children aged 7–24 months with CHD.n = 98
  3. Referring to Table 1
  4. a Spearman correlation analysis was adopted because the frequency and portion of food in FFQ and the 24 h DRs records were not subject to normal distribution