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Kim, Youn, Cho, Jin, Shin, and Lee: Comparison of 24-hour Recalls with a Food Frequency Questionnaire in Assessing Coffee Consumption: The Health Examinees (HEXA) Study

Abstract

Objectives

Most cohort studies used food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) to evaluate coffee consumption as it assesses habitual dietary patterns, whereas some studies have used the 24-hour recalls (24HR) as it elicits in-depth description of foods and the amount eaten. The aim of this study was to compare FFQs and 24HR to assess the consumption of various types of coffee

Methods

We included 25,904 participants aged 40 years or older from the Health Examinees (HEXA) Study of the Korean Genome and Epidemiologic Study (KoGES). Each participant completed one FFQ and one-day (n=11,280) or two-day 24HR (n=14,624). We classified coffee types into: black coffee, coffee with sugar and cream, and coffee with sugar alone or cream alone. We compared the proportions of nondrinkers, black coffee, and coffee with sugar and cream through FFQ and 24HR.

Results

Among those who completed one FFQ and one-day 24HR, 39.4% of “nondrinkers” on one-day 24HR reported that they did not drink coffee on their FFQs. Whereas among those who complete two-day 24HR, 71.2% of “nondrinkers” on two-day 24HR said that they did not drink coffee on their FFQs. Among those who completed one FFQ and one-day 24HR, 58.3% marked “black coffee” on one-day 24HR said that they drank black coffee on their FFQs. Among those who complete two-day 24HR, 58.8% marked “black coffee” on two-day 24HR said that they drank black coffee on their FFQs. The kappa coefficients and percent agreements were 0.4 and 59.6%, respectively, for the comparison of coffee intake between FFQ and one-day 24HR, and 0.6 and 72.8%, respectively, for the comparison of coffee intake between FFQ and two-day 24HR.

Conclusions

We found discrepancies between FFQs and 24HR in the types of coffee consumed. Such limitations should be considered when using the 24HR data to examine the effect of coffee consumption on disease development.

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Fig. 1.
Difference in proportions of types of coffee consumed by dietary assessment instrument: FFQ or one-day 24 HR Abbreviations: FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; 24 HR, 24-hour recall
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Fig. 2.
Difference in proportions of types of coffee consumed by dietary assessment instrument: FFQ or two-day 24 HR Abbreviations: FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; 24 HR, 24-hour recall
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Table 1.
General characteristics of the study population according to the responses to dietary assessment instruments
Variables Subject with FFQ4) and one-day 24HR1),4) (n=11,280) S Subject with FFQ and two-day 24HR2) (n=14,624)
Age (years old) 52.8 ± 998.1 53.5 ± 998.2
Sex
Men 3,886 (34.5) 4,571 (31.3)
Women 7,394 (65.5) 10,053 (68.7)
Education level3)
Under middle school 1,315 (11.8) 1,745 (12.1)
High school 5,850 (52.7) 7,921 (55.1)
College or more 3,941 (35.5) 4,723 (32.8)
BMI3),4) (kg/m2)
< 18.5 262 (92.3) 308 (92.1)
18.5∼ < 23 4,514 (40.0) 5,808 (39.7)
23∼ < 25 2,957 (26.2) 4,011 (27.4)
≥ 25 3,546 (31.4) 4,496 (30.8)
Smoking status
Never 7,978 (70.7) 10,835 (74.1)
Former 1,724 (15.3) 2,112 (14.5)
Current 1,578 (14.0) 1,673 (11.4)
Alcohol drinking    
Never 5,647 (50.0) 7,780 (53.2)
Former 368 (93.3) 497 (93.4)
Current 5,265 (46.7) 6,343 (43.4)
Regular exercise
No 5,558 (49.3) 6,851 (46.9)
Yes 5,722 (50.7) 7,769 (53.1)
Dietary intake from FFQ3)
Total energy (kcal/d) 1,706.1 ± 539.0 1,717.5 ± 546.3
Carbohydrate (% energy) 70.9 ± 997.2 71.2 ±99 7.1
Protein (% energy) 13.5 ± 992.6 13.4 ± 992.5
Fat (% energy) 14.6 ± 995.6 14.4 ±99 5.6

n (%) or Mean ± SD 1) Participants completed one-day 24HR and FFQ. 2) Participants completed two-day 24HR and FFQ. 3) A few participants did not provide information. 4) Abbreviations: FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; 24HR, 24-hour recall; BMI, body mass index

Table 2.
General characteristics of the study population according to the type of coffee consumed by one-day 24-hour recall
Variables Types of coffee P-value1)
Nondrinkers (n=4,998) Black coffee only2) (n=1,870) Coffee with sugar only2) (n=501) Coffee with cream only2) (n=30) Coffee with sugar and cream or 3-in-1 coffee only2) (n=3,551) C Combinations of four types of coffee2) (n=330)
Age (years old) 53.5 ± 998.1 51.6 ±99 8.1 1 54.6 ± 997.9 53.7 ±99 8.4 52.5 ± 998.1 50.1 ± 997.5 < .0001
Sex
Men 1,718 (34.4) 536 (28.7) 142 (28.3) 8 (26.7) 1,389 (39.1) 93 (28.2) < .0001
Women 3,280 (65.6) 1,334 (71.3) 359 (71.7) 22 (73.3) 2,162 (60.9) 237 (71.8)  
Education level3)
Under middle school 674 (13.7) 147 (8.0) 78 (15.9) 1 (83.5) 388 (11.1) 27 (88.3) < .0001
High school 2,593 (52.8) 861 (46.5) 296 (60.3) 11 (37.9) 1,950 (55.7) 139 (42.6)  
College or more 1,643 (33.5) 842 (45.5) 117 (23.8) 17 (58.6) 1,162 (33.2) 160 (49.1)  
BMI3),4) (kg/m2)
< 18.5 131 (82.6) 38 (82.0) 10 (82.0) 3 (10.0) 73 (82.1) 8 (82.4) 0.0091
               
18.5∼ < 23 2,021 (40.4) 785 (42.0) 178 (35.5) 13 (43.3) 1,370 (38.6) 147 (44.4)  
23∼ < 25 1,300 (26.0) 463 (24.8) 148 (29.5) 9 (30.0) 949 (26.7) 88 (26.8)  
≥ 25 1,546 (30.9) 584 (31.2) 165 (33.0) 5 (16.7) 1,159 (32.6) 87 (26.4)  
Smoking status
Never 3,614 (72.3) 1,366 (73.0) 367 (73.3) 21 (70.0) 2,371 (66.8) 239 (72.4) < .0001
Former 757 (15.1) 273 (14.6) 62 (12.4) 5 (16.7) 573 (16.1) 54 (16.4)  
Current 627 (12.6) 231 (12.4) 72 (14.3) 4 (13.3) 607 (17.1) 37 (11.2)  
Alcohol drinking
Never 2,666 (53.3) 896 (47.9) 246 (49.1) 14 (46.7) 1,658 (46.7) 167 (50.6) < .0001
Former 171 (83.5) 59 (83.2) 16 (83.2) 2 (86.6) 112 (83.2) 8 (82.4)  
Current 2,161 (43.2) 915 (48.9) 239 (47.7) 14 (46.7) 1,781 (50.1) 155 (47.0)  
Regular exercise
No 2,499 (50.0) 874 (46.7) 234 (46.7) 13 (43.3) 1,789 (50.4) 149 (45.2) 0.0408
Yes 2,499 (50.0) 996 (53.3) 267 (53.3) 17 (56.7) 1,762 (49.6) 181 (54.9)  
Dietary intake from FFQ 3),4)
Total energy (kcal/d) 1,680.7 ± 540.1 1 1,737.2 ± 554.4 4 1,647.6 ± 491.1 1 ,698.5 ± 485.4 1,735.2 ± 538.7 1,690.4 ± 483.4 < .0001
Carbohydrate (% energy) 71.2 ± 997.3 69.8 ± 997.4 4 72.0 ± 996.9 69.8 ± 998.5 70.9 ± 996.8 70.3 ±99 6.8 < .0001
Protein (% energy) 13.5 ± 992.7 13.9 ± 992.6 6 13.5 ± 992.4 14.1 ± 993.0 13.2 ± 992.4 13.4 ± 992.3 < .0001
Fat (% energy) 14.1 ± 995.7 15.4 ± 995.8 8 13.7 ± 995.5 15.3 ± 996.4 14.9 ± 995.3 15.4 ± 995.5 < .0001
Table 3.
General characteristics of the study population according to the type of coffee consumed by two-day 24-hour recall
Variables Types of coffee P-value1)
Nondrinkers (n=3,497) Black coffee only2) (n=2,715) Coffee with sugar only2) (n=602) Coffee with cream only2) (n=29) Coffee with sugar and cream or 3-in-1 coffee only2) (n=4,701) C Combinations of four types of coffee2) (n=3,080)
Age (years old) 55.7 ± 888.1 51.8 ± 887.7 54.5 ± 887.7 54.0 ± 887.6 53.5 ±88 8.2 52.2 ± 888.1 < .0001
Sex
Men 940 (26.9) 721 (26.6) 150 (24.9) 7 (24.1) 1,829 (38.9) 924 (30.0) < .0001
Women 2,557 (73.1) 1,994 (73.4) 452 (75.1) 22 (75.9) 2,872 (61.1) 2,156 (70.0)  
Education level3)
Under middle school 582 (17.0) 197 (87.3) 93 (15.7) 1 (83.6) 597 (12.9) 275 (89.0) < .0001
High school 1,949 (57.1) 1,307 (48.8) 377 (63.6) 12 (42.9) 2,688 (58.1) 1,588 (52.2)
College or more 885 (25.9) 1,177 (43.9) 123 (20.7) 15 (53.5) 1,345 (29.0) 1,178 (38.7)
BMI3),4) (kg/m2)
< 18.5 105 (83.0) 50 (81.8) 7 (81.2) 1 (83.5) 83 (81.8) 62 (82.0) < .0001
18.5∼ < 23 1,522 (43.5) 1,100 (40.5) 209 (34.7) 11 (37.9) 1,811 (38.5) 1,155 (37.5)
23∼ < 25 946 (27.1) 714 (26.3) 172 (28.6) 7 (24.1) 1,277 (27.2) 895 (29.1)
≥ 25 923 (26.4) 851 (31.4) 214 (35.5) 10 (34.5) 1,530 (32.6) 968 (31.4)
Smoking status
Never 2,837 (81.1) 2,079 (76.6) 462 (76.7) 21 (72.4) 3,158 (67.2) 2,278 (74.0) < .0001
Former 449 (12.9) 395 (14.6) 70 (11.6) 3 (10.3) 773 (16.4) 422 (13.7)
Current 209 (86.0) 240 (88.8) 70 (11.6) 5 (17.2) 770 (16.4) 379 (12.3)
Alcohol drinking
Never 2,322 (66.4) 1,312 (48.3) 333 (55.3) 15 (51.7) 2,309 (49.1) 1,489 (48.4) < .0001
Former 139 (84.0) 84 (83.1) 26 (84.3) 2 (86.9) 164 (83.5) 82 (82.7)
Current 1,034 (29.6) 1,318 (48.6) 243 (40.4) 12 (41.4) 2,228 (47.4) 1,508 (49.0)
Regular exercise
No 1,557 (44.5) 1,182 (43.6) 281 (46.7) 12 (41.4) 2,360 (50.2) 1,459 (47.4) < .0001
Yes 1,938 (55.5) 1,532 (56.4) 321 (53.3) 17 (58.6) 2,341 (49.8) 1,620 (52.6)
Dietary intake from FFQ3),4)
Total energy (kcal/d) 1,624.6 ± 523.0 1,746.8 ± 603.6 1,713.8 ± 509.7 1 ,687.7 ± 453.3 1,745.6 ± 515.0 1,755.5 ± 561.3 < .0001
Carbohydrate (% energy) 72.8 ± 887.0 70.1 ± 887.4 71.6 ± 887.2 67.8 ±88 7.8 71.2 ± 886.8 70.5 ± 886.9 < .0001
Protein (% energy) 13.2 ± 882.5 13.9 ± 882.7 13.5 ±88 2.6 14.1 ± 882.7 13.2 ± 882.4 13.4 ± 882.4 < .0001
Fat (% energy) 12.8 ± 885.5 15.2 ± 885.8 13.9 ± 885.5 17.2 ± 885.9 14.6 ± 885.4 15.2 ± 885.5 < .0001

n (%) or Mean ± SD 1) P-value was evaluated by ANOVA for continuous variables and by the chi-square test for categorical variables P < 0.05. 2) Participants either only consumed one type of coffee or consumed a combination of different types of coffee (represented as combinations of four types of coffee) from 24 HR. 3) A few participants did not provide information. 4) Abbreviations: FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; BMI, body mass index

Table 4.
General characteristics of the study population according to the type of coffee consumed from food frequency questionnaire
Variables Types of coffee P-value1)
Nondrinkers (n=5,029) Black coffee (n=5,154) Coffee with sugar (n=2,323) Coffee with cream (n=207) Coffee with sugar and cream (n=13,191)
Age (years old) 55.5 ± 888.0 51.5 ± 887.8 54.1 ± 888.0 53.0 ± 888.4 52.8± 888.2 < .0001
Sex
Men 1,232 (24.5) 1,297 (25.2) 708 (30.5) 72 (34.8) 5,148 (39.0) < .0001
Women 3,797 (75.5) 3,857 (74.8) 1,615 (69.5) 135 (65.2) 8,043 (61.0)  
Education level2)
Under middle school 895 (18.2) 409 (88.0) 327 (14.3) 9 (84.4) 1,420 (10.9) < .0001
High school 2,710 (55.2) 2,464 (48.4) 1,326 (57.9) 105 (51.0) 7,166 (55.2)  
College or more 1,309 (26.6) 2,223 (43.6) 637 (27.8) 92 (44.7) 4,403 (33.9)  
BMI2),3) (kg/m2)
< 18.5 174 (83.5) 106 (82.1) 34 (81.5) 6 (82.9) 250 (81.9) < .0001
18.5∼ < 23 2,271 (45.2) 2,011 (39.0) 841 (36.2) 80 (38.7) 5,119 (38.8)  
23∼ < 25 1,330 (26.5) 1,387 (26.9) 653 (28.1) 59 (28.5) 3,539 (26.8)  
≥ 25 1,253 (24.9) 1,650 (32.0) 795 (34.2) 62 (29.9) 4,282 (32.5)  
Smoking status
Never 4,188 (83.3) 4,002 (77.6) 1,684 (72.5) 142 (68.6) 8,797 (66.7) < .0001
Former 571 (11.4) 694 (13.5) 339 (14.6) 32 (15.5) 2,200 (16.7)  
Current 268 (85.3) 458 (88.9) 300 (12.9) 33 (15.9) 2,192 (16.6)  
Alcohol drinking
Never 3,448 (68.6) 2,530 (49.1) 1,133 (48.8) 93 (44.9) 6,223 (47.2) < .0001
Former 187 (83.7) 155 (83.0) 87 (83.8) 8 (83.9) 428 (83.3)  
Current 1,392 (27.7) 2,469 (47.9) 1,103 (47.5) 106 (51.2) 6,538 (49.6)  
Regular exercise
No 2,279 (45.3) 2,243 (43.5) 1,070 (46.1) 96 (46.4) 6,721 (51.0) < .0001
Yes 2,748 (54.7) 2,911 (56.5) 1,253 (53.9) 111 (53.6) 6,468 (49.0)  
Dietary intake from FFQ2),3)
Total energy (kcal/d) 1,574.3 ± 500.0 1,688.1 ± 571.9 1,706.6 ± 548.7 1,760.6 ± 623.0 1,775.0 ± 534.5 < .0001
Carbohydrate (%) energy 72.9 ± 887.3 69.9 ± 887.5 71.6 ± 887.1 69.3 ± 888.0 70.8 ±88 6.7 < .0001
Protein (% energy) 13.3 ± 882.6 14.2 ± 882.6 13.5 ±88 2.5 13.9 ± 883.0 13.2 ± 882.4 < .0001
Fat (% energy) 12.6 ± 885.7 15.1 ± 885.8 13.9 ± 885.5 15.9 ± 886.0 15.0 ±88 5.3 < .0001

n (%) or Mean ± SD 1) P-value was evaluated by ANOVA for continuous variables and by the chi-square test for categorical variables P < 0.05. 2) A few participants did not provide information. 3) Abbreviations: FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; BMI, body mass index

Table 5.
Agreement of types of coffee between food frequency questionnaire and one-day 24-hour recall
Coffee intake assessed from FFQ3) Coffee intake assessed from one-day 24HR3) % Agreement1) Cohen's kappa2)
Nondrinkers only Black coffee only Coffee with sugar only Coffee with cream only Coffee with sugar and cream or 3-in-1 coffee only Combination s of four types of coffee
Nondrinkers 1,971 (39.4) 34 (81.8) 8 (81.6) 2 (86.7) 81 (82.3) 4 (81.2) 59.6 0.4
Black coffee, 1 or more cups per day 801 (16.0) 1,090 (58.3) 50 (10.0) 11 (36.7) 234 (86.6) 68 (20.6)
Coffee with sugar, 1 or more cups per day 343 (86.9) 105 (85.6) 383 (76.5) 0 (80.0) 132 (83.7) 39 (11.8)
Coffee with cream, 1 or more cups per day 27 (80.5) 11 (80.6) 3 (80.6) 13 (43.3) 27 (80.8) 7 (82.1)
Coffee with sugar and cream, 1 or more cups per day 1,856 (37.1) 630 (33.7) 57 (11.4) 4 (13.3) 3,077 (86.7) 212 (64.2)

n (%) 1) Exact agreement of types of coffee between FFQs and one-day 24 HR 2) Cohen's kappa coefficient 5×5; Agreement between nondrinkers only (from one-day 24 HR) and nondrinkers only (from FFQ), black coffee only (from one-day 24 HR) and black coffee only (from FFQ), coffee with sugar only (from one-day 24 HR) and coffee with sugar (from FFQ), coffee with cream only (from one-day 24 HR) and coffee with cream only (from FFQ), and coffee with sugar and cream or 3-in-2 coffee only (from one-day 24HR) and coffee with sugar and cream (from FFQ). 3) Abbreviations: FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; 24 HR, 24-hour recall

Table 6.
Agreement of types of coffee between food frequency questionnaire and two-day 24-hour recall
Coffee intake assessed from FFQ3) Coffee intake assessed from two-day 24 HR3) % Agreement1) Cohen's kappa2)
Nondrinkers only Black coffee only Coffee with sugar only Coffee with cream only Coffee with sugar and cream or 3-in-1 coffee only Combinations of four types of coffee
Nondrinkers 2,490 (71.2) 147 (85.4) 27 (84.5) 0 (80.0) 244 (85.2) 21 (80.7) 72.8 0.6
Black coffee, 1 or more cups per day 280 (88.0) 1,595 (58.8) 72 (12.0) 15 (51.7) 312 (86.6) 626 (20.3)
Coffee with sugar, 1 or more cups per day 126 (83.6) 189 (87.0) 374 (62.1) 3 (10.3) 177 (83.8) 452 (14.7)
Coffee with cream, 1 or more cups per day 12 (80.3) 23 (80.9) 4 (80.7) 6 (20.7) 30 (80.6) 44 (81.4)
Coffee with sugar and cream, 1 or more cups per day 589 (16.8) 761 (28.0) 125 (20.8) 5 (17.2) 3,938 (83.8) 1,937 (62.9)

n (%) 1) Exact agreement of types of coffee between FFQs and two-day 24 HR 2) Cohen's kappa coefficient 5x5; Agreement between nondrinkers only (from one-day 24 HR) and nondrinkers only (from FFQ), black coffee only (from one-day 24 HR) and black coffee only (from FFQ), coffee with sugar only (from one-day 24 HR) and coffee with sugar (from FFQ), coffee with cream only (from one-day 24 HR) and coffee with cream only (from FFQ), and coffee with sugar and cream or 3-in-2 coffee only (from one-day 24HR) and coffee with sugar and cream (from FFQ). 3) Abbreviations: FFQ, food frequency questionnaire; 24 HR, 24-hour recall

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