To interpret food consumption data from large epidemiological studies, extended, up-to-date, and country-specific food composition tables are needed. A food composition database was created for the analysis of dietary intake information from a large case-control study starting from a large, unpublished database developed by the National Nutrition Institute of Rome, Italy. The composition of 252 food items in terms of 29 nutrients was checked according to well-defined methods, and values for nutrients that were not included in that database were found from other sources. This is a first attempt to create a well-documented, computerized food composition database for use in an epidemiological study in Italy: this effort will be extended to a larger set of food items in a collaborative project involving several researchers and institutions in Italy.

The food composition database for an italian food frequency questionnaire / S. Salvini, P. Gnagnarella, M.T. Parpinel, P. Boyle, A. Decarli, M. Ferraroni, A. Giacosa, C. La Vecchia, E. Negri, S. Franceschi. - In: JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0889-1575. - 9:1(1996), pp. 57-71. [10.1006/jfca.1996.0007]

The food composition database for an italian food frequency questionnaire

A. Decarli;M. Ferraroni;C. La Vecchia;E. Negri;
1996

Abstract

To interpret food consumption data from large epidemiological studies, extended, up-to-date, and country-specific food composition tables are needed. A food composition database was created for the analysis of dietary intake information from a large case-control study starting from a large, unpublished database developed by the National Nutrition Institute of Rome, Italy. The composition of 252 food items in terms of 29 nutrients was checked according to well-defined methods, and values for nutrients that were not included in that database were found from other sources. This is a first attempt to create a well-documented, computerized food composition database for use in an epidemiological study in Italy: this effort will be extended to a larger set of food items in a collaborative project involving several researchers and institutions in Italy.
Settore MED/01 - Statistica Medica
1996
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