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Table 3 Pooled effect estimates and heterogeneity of the correlation coefficients for the reproducibility of FFQ for micronutrient*

From: A meta-analysis of the reproducibility of food frequency questionnaires in nutritional epidemiological studies

Nutrient

ICC

SCC

Crude

Energy-adjusted

Crude

Energy-adjusted

N

ICC (95% CI)

I2

N

ICC (95% CI)

I2

N

ICC (95% CI)

I2

N

ICC (95% CI)

I2

Vitamin A

27

0.623 (0.544, 0.692)

95.2

12

0.597 (0.464, 0.705)

92.2

42

0.613 (0.570, 0.651)

87.2

22

0.553 (0.470, 0.627)

89.8

Retinol

18

0.589 (0.513, 0.656)

85.3

9

0.537 (0.421, 0.635)

74

49

0.573 (0.537, 0.607)

80.6

38

0.513 (0.460, 0.562)

84.3

Carotene

9

0.632 (0.499, 0.735)

97.1

5

0.512 (0.328, 0.658)

0.86

25

0.605 (0.558, 0.649)

89

21

0.510 (0.427, 0.584)

90.8

β-Carotene

21

0.677 (0.630, 0.719)

76.1

6

0.613 (0.456, 0.733)

81.9

39

0.613 (0.573, 0.649)

72.3

28

0.554 (0.513, 0.593)

56.5

Vitamin C

47

0.665 (0.600, 0.722)

96.1

22

0.635 (0.526, 0.723)

94.9

92

0.623 (0.594, 0.650)

85.3

57

0.596 (0.555, 0.633)

83.6

Vitamin D

16

0.678 (0.546, 0.777)

98.4

5

0.671 (0.391, 0.837)

98.1

30

0.617 (0.572, 0.659)

83.5

15

0.560 (0.475, 0.635)

81.5

Vitamin E

34

0.665 (0.576, 0.738)

97.5

15

0.606 (0.484, 0.704)

94.4

52

0.626 (0.583, 0.667)

91.4

30

0.555 (0.490, 0.613)

87

Vitamin K

3

0.656 (0.430, 0.804)

97.4

2

0.693 (0.652, 0.729)

0

7

0.602 (0.511, 0.679)

60.4

5

0.658 (0.553, 0.742)

32.7

Thiamin

31

0.630 (0.587, 0.670)

87.3

12

0.606 (0.492, 0.699)

93.1

55

0.606 (0.579, 0.633)

74.3

39

0.522 (0.475, 0.566)

79.5

Riboflavin

28

0.667 (0.616, 0.712)

91.7

10

0.619 (0.483, 0.726)

94.7

54

0.640 (0.611, 0.667)

81

35

0.581 (0.528, 0.628)

85.4

Niacin

22

0.667 (0.609, 0.718)

89.4

10

0.605 (0.499, 0.693)

90.7

39

0.643 (0.573, 0.704)

94.3

34

0.517 (0.452, 0.576)

86.2

Vitamin B6

13

0.723 (0.522, 0.847)

98.4

5

0.712 (0.516, 0.838)

96.6

27

0.610 (0.553, 0.662)

78.8

19

0.555 (0.483, 0.619)

77.2

Folate

25

0.637 (0.582, 0.686)

90.5

6

0.597 (0.495, 0.684)

76.4

49

0.612 (0.577, 0.646)

81.6

26

0.605 (0.544, 0.659)

82.5

Vitamin B12

13

0.678 (0.507, 0.797)

97.7

7

0.683 (0.496, 0.809)

96.8

28

0.635 (0.577, 0.686)

82.3

21

0.575 (0.490, 0.648)

87.5

Se

11

0.661 (0.608, 0.709)

69.3

4

0.586 (0.429, 0.709)

78.7

15

0.648 (0.586, 0.702)

82.4

11

0.568 (0.446, 0.670)

87.6

Mg

19

0.674 (0.612, 0.728)

88.4

6

0.617 (0.492, 0.717)

87.5

30

0.669 (0.603, 0.725)

89.9

19

0.629 (0.544, 0.701)

86.8

Ca

52

0.635 (0.588, 0.676)

91.8

23

0.642 (0.566, 0.708)

91

87

0.622 (0.594, 0.649)

83

55

0.586 (0.545, 0.626)

84.1

Fe

39

0.640 (0.581, 0.692)

93.9

19

0.564 (0.496, 0.625)

79.4

75

0.613 (0.582, 0.642)

83.8

47

0.570 (0.525, 0.612)

82.8

I

2

0.499 (0.338, 0.632)

73.7

3

0.507 (0.421, 0.585)

35

2

0.828 (0.724, 0.894)

19.8

1

0.744 (0.600, 0.841)

N/A

Zn

26

0.595 (0.556, 0.631)

68.8

12

0.573 (0.495, 0.641)

72.3

26

0.623 (0.565, 0.675)

85.3

18

0.597 (0.507, 0.675)

86.7

Cu

4

0.658 (0.620, 0.693)

0

1

0.690 (0.646, 0.728)

N/A

6

0.748 (0.620, 0.837)

86.6

5

0.726 (0.608, 0.813)

86.6

K

25

0.672 (0.598, 0.736)

95.4

7

0.637 (0.486, 0.752)

93.6

49

0.637 (0.605, 0.667)

80

34

0.608 (0.566, 0.647)

73.4

P

23

0.605 (0.521, 0.676)

91.9

9

0.635 (0.544, 0.711)

80.7

43

0.621 (0.575, 0.662)

83.4

30

0.579 (0.521, 0.630)

82.1

Na

25

0.652 (0.499, 0.766)

98.2

8

0.670 (0.474, 0.802)

97

41

0.623 (0.582, 0.661)

83.9

30

0.552 (0.489, 0.609)

86.7

Mn

2

0.621 (0.382, 0.781)

64.8

N/A

N/A

N/A

5

0.655 (0.596, 0.707)

0

2

0.719 (0.645, 0.779)

0

  1. aCI confidence interval, I2 inconsistency index, N/A not available