Comparing Methods from the National Cancer Institute vs Multiple Source Method for Estimating Usual Intake of Nutrients in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latino Youth

• Published in: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2021-01, Vol.121 (1), p.59-73.e16
• Main Authors: Pereira, Jaqueline L., de Castro, Michelle A., Crispim, Sandra P., Fisberg, Regina M., Isasi, Carmen R., Mossavar-Rahmani, Yasmin, Van Horn, Linda, Carnethon, Mercedes R., Daviglus, Martha L., Perreira, Krista M., Gallo, Linda C., Sotres-Alvarez, Daniela, Mattei, Josiemer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 24-hour Dietary recall; Adolescent; Caffeine - administration & dosage; Child; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet; Diet Records; Diet Surveys - methods; Dietary Sugars - administration & dosage; Eating - ethnology; Energy Intake - ethnology; Female; Hispanic or Latino; Humans; Male; Micronutrients - administration & dosage; Multiple Source Method; National Cancer Institute (U.S.); National Cancer Institute method; Nutrients - administration & dosage; Nutritional Status - ethnology; Statistical Distributions; United States; Urban Population; Usual intake
• ISSN: 2212-2672; 2212-2680
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.03.010

The Multiple Source Method (MSM) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) method estimate usual dietary intake from short-term dietary assessment instruments, such as 24-hour recalls. Their performance varies according to sample size and nutrients distribution. A comparison of these methods among a multiethnic youth population, for which nutrient composition and dietary variability may differ from adults, is a gap in the literature. To compare the performance of the NCI method relative to MSM in estimating usual dietary intakes in Hispanic/Latino adolescents. Data derived from the cross-sectional population-based Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latino Youth, an ancillary study of offspring of participants in the adult Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latino Youth cohort. Dietary data were obtained by two 24-hour recalls. One thousand four hundred fifty-three Hispanic/Latino youth (aged 8 to 16 years) living in four urban US communities (Bronx, NY; Chicago, IL; Miami, FL; and San Diego, CA) during 2012 through 2014. The NCI method and the MSM were applied to estimate usual intake of total energy, macronutrients, minerals and vitamins, added sugar, and caffeine. Mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values, coefficient of variation, variance ratio, and differences between NCI and MSM methods and the 2-day mean were estimated in several percentiles of the distribution, as well as concordance correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman plot analysis. The distributions of all nutrients studied were very similar between NCI and MSM. The correlation between NCI and MSM was >0.80 for all nutrients (P