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Table 3 Mean intakes and correlations for the Swedish Healthy Eating Index (SHEI) score and its components estimated by 24 h telephone dietary recalls and RiksmatenFlex (n = 52)

From: Validation of an web-based dietary assessment tool (RiksmatenFlex) against doubly labelled water and 24 h dietary recalls in pregnant women

 

Mean (SD)

Difference between meansa

Correlation

coefficientb

 

24 h

RiksmatenFlex

p value

r

p value

SHEI score

6.44 (1.01)

6.60 (0.99)

0.066

0.815

< 0.001

Individual components of the SHEI score

Fruit and vegetables (g/day)

426 (149)

436 (161)

0.382

0.840

< 0.001

Wholegrain (g/10 MJ)

42.6 (29.9)

44.6 (21.5)

0.560

0.549

< 0.001

Fiber (g/MJ)

2.54 (0.72)

2.59 (0.65)

0.181c

0.794d

< 0.001

Fish and shellfish (g/day)

33.8 (47.2)

32.0 (40.2)

0.900c

0.931d

< 0.001

PUFA (E%)

5.9 (1.8)

5.8 (1.9)

0.455c

0.609d

< 0.001

MUFA (E%)

15.3 (2.2)

15.4 (2.9)

0.729

0.533

< 0.001

SFA (E%)

16.7 (3.5)

16.1 (3.0)

0.062

0.732

< 0.001

Red and processed meat (g/week)

473 (357)

438 (291)

0.275

0.771

< 0.001

Sucrose (E%)

7.6 (3.3)

8.9 (3.8)

< 0.001c

0.859d

< 0.001

  1. E%, percentage of total energy intake; MJ, mega joule; MUFA, monounsaturated fat; PUFA, polyunsaturated fat; SD, standard deviation; SFA, saturated fat; SHEI, Swedish Healthy Eating Index
  2. a Analyzed with parametric test (paired samples t test) or non-parametric test (Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test)
  3. b Analyzed with parametric test (Pearson Correlation) or non-parametric test (Spearman correlation)
  4. c Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test
  5. d Spearman correlation coefficient