Development and validation of a dietary screener for carbohydrate intake in endurance athletes

Table 5 Final dietary screener

Questions of the final dietary screener^a	β흱^b
Do you consume melons (watermelon, honeydew or cantaloup) on a daily basis?	0.5287
Do you consume pancakes twice a week?	1.9666
Do you consume avocado twice a week?	−0.0433
Do you consume cereal bars 6 times a week?	2.0899
Do you consume rice 5 times a week?	2.0401
Do you drink chocolate milk 5 times a week?	2.3249
Do you consume chocolate (white, milk or dark) every week?	1.8776
Do you consume corn on a daily basis?	0.7994
Do you consume milk, soy milk or silk tofu based desserts 3 times a week?	5.3373
Do you consume cold breakfast cereals on a daily basis?	3.0771
Do you consume pasta on a daily basis?	0.8276
Do you consume jam, maple by-products, hazelnut spread, jelly or chocolate syrup twice a day?	2.3477
Do you consume salad, lettuce or spinach twice a day?	2.7638
Do you drink soft drinks 3 times a day?	10.3662
Are you a woman?	0.3734

^a Final questions are based on optimal cut-off points calculated by R (version 3.3.0) that were further adjusted to best fit a daily or weekly number of servings. Cut-off points represent the number of servings of each specific food that best predicted a CHO consumption > 6 g/kg of BW
^bβ from the multivariate logistic regression model for each dichotomic variable (yes/no) in the final dietary screener. All β are significant (P < 0.05)

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