Two-year recall of maternal peanut consumption using a food-frequency questionnaire

  • A T Fox
  • G du Toit
  • G Lack
  • R Meyer
  • H Syed
  • P Sasieni

Abstract

Objectives: To design a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to estimate peanut consumption during pregnancy, and to determine reproducibility when this consumption was recalled after a 2-year period.

Author Biographies

A T Fox
Department of Paediatric Allergy, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK. MSc, MRCPCH.
G du Toit
Department of Paediatric Allergy, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK. FRCPCH
G Lack
Department of Paediatric Allergy, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK. FRCPCH
R Meyer
Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK. BSc Diet, MNutr
H Syed
Cancer Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Mathematics and Statistics, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London, UK. PhD
P Sasieni
Cancer Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Mathematics and Statistics, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Charterhouse Square, London, UK. PhD
Published
2007-12-12
Section
Original Research