Dietary flavonol and flavone intakes and their major food sources in Chinese adults

Nutr Cancer. 2010;62(8):1120-7. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2010.513800.

Abstract

The study aimed to estimate dietary flavonol and flavone intakes and investigate major dietary sources by FFQ in Harbin of China. A total of 5,046 volunteers completed a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). A random subsample of 167 healthy subjects completed the 7 consecutive 24-h dietary recalls and 2 FFQ for assessing the reproducibility and validity of FFQ. The correlation coefficients between 2 FFQ were 0.72 for flavonols and 0.65 for flavones; and between FFQ 2 and the 24-h dietary recall, they were 0.62 for flavonols and 0.58 for flavones. When flavonol and flavone intakes were categorized by quartile, complete and partial agreement ranged from 76% to 84%. The total intake of flavonols and flavones was 19.13 mg/day, and the mean flavonol and flavone intakes were 14.30 mg/day and 4.82 mg/day, respectively. Quercetin was the major contributor (31%) to total intake of flavonols and flavones, followed by kaempferol (22%). The main food sources of flavonols and flavones were apple (12%), potato (8%), celery (7%), eggplant (7%), and actinidia (5%). This work could facilitate the investigation on the proposed relation between these flavonoids and the prevention of chronic diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • China
  • Databases, Factual
  • Diet*
  • Female
  • Flavones / administration & dosage*
  • Flavonols / administration & dosage*
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Health Surveys
  • Humans
  • Kaempferols / administration & dosage
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nutritive Value
  • Plant Tubers / chemistry*
  • Quercetin / administration & dosage
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Solanum tuberosum / chemistry*
  • Vegetables / chemistry*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Flavones
  • Flavonols
  • Kaempferols
  • kaempferol
  • Quercetin
  • flavone