Table 2

Single measure Intraclass correlation coefficients and 95% confidence intervals for food variety and servings


Variety (number of types)1
Servings (number of servings)




Reliability (95% CI)
Validity (95% CI)
Reliability (95% CI)
Validity (95% CI)

Fresh fruit
0.37 (0.09–0.59)
0.54 (0.37–0.68)
0.22 (-0.07 – 0.48)
0.39 (0.20–0.56)
Canned fruit
0.81 (0.68–0.89)
0.66 (0.51–0.76)
0.84 (0.72 – 0.91)
0.68 (0.55–0.78)
Frozen fruit
0.85 (0.75–0.92)
0.71 (0.59–0.81)
0.91 (0.84 – 0.95)
0.83 (0.76–0.89)
Dried fruit
0.89 (0.81–0.94)
0.88 (0.82–0.92)
0.39 (0.11 – 0.61)
0.67 (0.53–0.77)
Fresh vegetables
0.81 (0.70–0.90)
0.70 (0.57–0.80)
0.77 (0.62 – 0.87)
0.30 (0.09–0.48)
Canned vegetables
0.89 (0.81–0.94)
0.70 (0.57–0.79)
0.81 (0.68 – 0.89)
0.68 (0.54–0.78)
Frozen vegetables
0.83 (0.71–0.90)
0.82 (0.73–0.88)
0.63 (0.42 – 0.78)
0.74 (0.63–0.83)
Salty/savory snacks
0.85 (0.75–0.92)
0.48 (0.29–0.63)
0.71 (0.53 – 0.83)
0.46 (0.28–0.61)
Sweet snacks
0.65 (0.44–0.77)
0.30 (0.09–0.49)
0.64 (0.42 – 0.78)
0.32 (0.12–0.50)
Candy
-2
-2
0.49 (0.23 – 0.68)
0.64 (0.50–0.75)
Soda
0.77 (0.62–0.87)
0.76 (0.65–0.85)
0.69 (0.50 – 0.82)
0.66 (0.53–0.77)

1Calculated from average serving size for each item; 2Variety of candy not calculated

Bryant et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008 5:23   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-23