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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2026

Reproducibility and validity of healthy dietary indices derived from 24-hour dietary recalls.

Meiling Li, Guobing Sun, Yu Han, Hong Xu, Junyi Zhang, Tingting Wang, Young Lyu, Hongjuan Cao, Xiude Li, Xinghao Ma and 2 more

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Meiling Li *Department of Nutrition, Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Guobing Sun *Department of Nutrition, Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Yu HanDepartment of Physical Examination Center, Lu'an Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Lu'an, China.
Hong XuDepartment of Nutrition, Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Junyi ZhangDepartment of Nutrition, Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Tingting WangDepartment of Nutrition, Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Young LyuDepartment of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control, Lu'an Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lu'an, China.
Hongjuan CaoDepartment of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control, Lu'an Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lu'an, China.
Xiude LiDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Xinghao MaDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Lu'an Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Lu'an, China.
Zhuang ZhangDepartment of Nutrition, Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Wanshui YangDepartment of Nutrition, Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.

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Abstract

Background: Healthy dietary indices are commonly used to investigate diet-disease associations, but the reproducibility and validity of these indices from 24-h dietary recalls (24HDRs) are undetermined. We aimed to investigate optimum number of 24HDRs for measuring healthy dietary indices including the Alternate Mediterranean Diet (AMED), Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), and Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) in epidemiological studies. Methods: From July 2021 to July 2022, 432 participants (median age: 48y, 57.2% women) completed 12-day 24HDRs, comprising four quarterly sets of three consecutive 24HDRs (two weekdays and one weekend day in each season). Energy-adjusted intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to evaluate reproducibility, while energy-adjusted deattenuated Spearman correlation coefficient (rc) were used to examine validity by comparing the estimates against those from the average of 12 24HDRs. Results: The reproducibility and validity coefficient increased with the increasing number of 24HDRs. We observed a "moderate" reproducibility for three non-consecutive 24HDRs in assessing AMED, DASH and HEI-2015 (ICCs: 0.40-0.43). Healthy dietary indices from one 24HDR showed "moderate" validity (rc: 0.42-0.55). Higher body mass index, female sex, and autumn/winter of administration were associated with low reproducibility of AMED and/or HEI-2015. Conclusion: Our results support that three non-consecutive 24HDRs provide acceptable estimates of AMED, DASH, and HEI-2015.

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24-hour dietary recallalternate Mediterranean dietdietary approaches to stop hypertensionhealthy eating index-2015validation study

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