«We included a subset of 78,980 women and 41,221 men who were 40 years or older, free of glaucoma, had
completed dietary questionnaires, and reported an eye examination during follow - up,» said lead author Jae H. Kang, Sc.D., Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, BWH / HMS.
Each participant
completed a dietary questionnaire at the beginning of the study, including detailed information on more than 200 different food items.
Not exact matches
Researchers studied almost 2,000 healthy women volunteers from TwinsUK who had
completed a food
questionnaire designed to estimate total
dietary flavonoid intake as well as intakes from six flavonoid subclasses.
They were also asked to
complete a 120 - item food - frequency
questionnaire to assess
dietary change from the beginning to the end of the study.
In a subgroup of 1953 study participants who also
completed a 24 - hour
dietary - recall
questionnaire on 2 nonconsecutive days, 33 the Spearman coefficient for the correlation between coffee consumption as assessed with this
questionnaire and coffee consumption as assessed with the baseline food - frequency
questionnaire was 0.80.
Among participants who
completed the 24 - hour
dietary - recall
questionnaire, 79 % drank ground coffee, 19 % drank instant coffee, 1 % drank espresso coffee, and 1 % did not specify the type of coffee they consumed.
The study calculated
dietary intake from
questionnaires completed annually by 357 adult patients from 3 randomized trials who were all receiving vitamin A, 15 000 IU / d, for 4 to 6 years.
The participants were also asked to (a)
complete a physical activity and nutritional
questionnaire, (b)
complete a
dietary log for 48 hours before experimental trials, (c) maintain a normal diet, (d) refrain from alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine consumption at least 48 hours before testing sessions, (e) refrain from use of pain reliever and analgesics for the duration of the study, and (f) not participate in any vigorous physical activity 48 hours before testing sessions.
According to Japanese researchers who analyzed
dietary questionnaires completed by more than 23,000 men and almost 36,000 women part of the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study diets with good levels of the vitamin are good for your heart.
For the 3 - month follow - up, mothers were contacted by telephone and asked to
complete a food frequency
questionnaire regarding their infant's
dietary patterns.