Usefulness of a Short Dietary Propensity Questionnaire in Japan

• Published in: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 430 - 438
• Main Authors: Okuda, Nagako, Itai, Kazuyoshi, Okayama, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Japan Japan Atherosclerosis Society 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Dietary survey; Japan; Nutritional education; Original; Nutritional education; Dietary survey; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Japan
• ISSN: 1340-3478; 1880-3873
• DOI: 10.5551/jat.42226

Aim: There is a growing need for nutritional education for prevention and non-pharmacological treatment of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). We compared the results of a short dietary propensity questionnaire (SDPQ) with those from the food frequency and quantity survey (FF Quantity), which had been previously quantitatively assessed by comparison with the 24-hr dietary recall (24hr-DR), to examine the usefulness of the SDPQ. The SDPQ was designed to assess dietary propensities of 12 food/nutrients relevant to CVD risk factors.Methods: We conducted a dietary survey using the SDPQ on Japanese men and women. After 2–3 weeks, we conducted the FF Quantity survey with the same participants. For each of the 12 food/nutrient categories, the relationships between quintiles of results from the SDPQ and FF Quantity were examined. Results from 79 participants who completed both surveys were used.Results: Spearman's correlation coefficients (r) were significant for all food/nutrient categories. Good correlations were found with alcohol (r=0.792), starchy foods (r=0.566), and milk and dairy products (r=0.687), for which good correlations between the FF Quantity and 24hr-DR had been observed previously. Moderate correlations were found for vegetables (r=0.386) and high-salt foods (r=0.505), although the FF Quantity survey poorly correlated with the 24hr-DR.Conclusion: The SDPQ may be useful for assessment of dietary propensities for alcohol, starchy foods, and milk and dairy products in Japan.