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. 2001 Nov;11(6):266-75.
doi: 10.2188/jea.11.266.

Development and validation of specific carotene food composition tables for use in nutritional epidemiologic studies for Japanese populations

Y Takahashi  1 , S Sasaki, S Tsugane
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Development and validation of specific carotene food composition tables for use in nutritional epidemiologic studies for Japanese populations

Y Takahashi et al. J Epidemiol. 2001 Nov.

Abstract

Assessment of dietary intake is important to understand the relationship between nutrition and health. Although the role of specific carotenoids has recently been of great interest, there are no comprehensive food composition tables for intake of specific carotenoids in Japan. We have therefore developed a new carotene food composition table that shows the alpha- and beta-carotene values based on an extensive review of the literature (FCT1). Using a 14- or 28-day diet record data of sample population (n=188), we selected 12 important foods to two carotene intakes. We analyzed the carotene contents of the foods, and developed the another composition table in which the food contents were replaced by the analytical values (FCT2). Carotene intakes of the population were significantly different between these two composition tables. However, the correlations between the dietary intake and the serum concentrations were almost identical, i.e., partial correlations using FCT1/FCT2 were 0.32/0.30 and 0.33/0.36 for alpha-carotene and 0.28/0.28 and 0.30/0.29 for beta-carotene in men and women. The similar correlations with the serum concentrations may indicate an comparable value for ranking individuals between the two tables. However, the results were inconclusive for the estimation of absolute intakes.

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