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Reply to Shakira et al.: Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for Japanese pregnant women in mid to late pregnancy

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This letter is a response to Shakira et al. [1], who remarked on an important limitation in our recent study on the association between vegetable intake during pregnancy and wheezing in children [2]. They observed that the FFQ used in the study should be validated not only for early pregnancy when consumption may be influenced by nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP), but also for mid to late pregnancy as well, when women may experience changes in their dietary pattern. Shakira et al. raise a good point, and in this letter, we wish to present the results of our validation of the FFQ used in our study for women in mid to late pregnancy.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by grants from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (H24-jisedai-shitei-007). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We would like to thank Mr. James R. Valera of the Department of Education for Clinical Research, National Center for Child Health and Development, for proofreading and editing this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Social Medicine, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan

    Kohei Ogawa, Naho Morisaki, Seung Chik Jwa & Takeo Fujiwara

  2. Center for Maternal-Fetal, Neonatal and Reproductive Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan

    Kohei Ogawa & Haruhiko Sago

  3. Collaborative Departments of Advanced Pediatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryotyo, Aoba-ku, Sendaishi, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan

    Kohei Ogawa & Haruhiko Sago

  4. Department of Food Science, Otsuma Women’s University, 12 Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8537, Japan

    Minatsu Kobayashi

  5. Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan

    Yukako Tani & Takeo Fujiwara

  6. Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1, Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Yukako Tani

  7. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan

    Reiko Horikawa

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Ogawa, K., Morisaki, N., Kobayashi, M. et al. Reply to Shakira et al.: Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for Japanese pregnant women in mid to late pregnancy. Eur J Clin Nutr 73, 155–156 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0263-2

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