Diet and Nutrition Survey of Infants and Young Children in Scotland, 2011

Glossary

BIS Bias index score
BMI Body mass index
BTF Blood tracking form
CASI Computer assisted self-interview
CAPI Computer assisted personal interview
CB Child Benefit
CLIA Chemiluminescence immunoassay
CO₂ Carbon dioxide
COMA Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy
CRF Clinical Research Facility
CRP C-reactive protein
DAPA Diet and Physical Activity
DH Department of Health
df Degrees of freedom
DEQAS Vitamin D External Quality Assessment Scheme
DNSIYC Diet and Nutrition Survey of Infants and Young Children
DOB Date of birth
DRV Dietary Reference Value
EAR Estimated Average Requirement
EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
FBC Full Blood Count
FSA Food Standards Agency
FTP File transfer protocol
g grams
g/dL grams per decilitre
GP General Practitioner
HMRC Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
HNR Human Nutrition Research
HRP Household Reference Person
HS Healthy Start
IDAS Interviewer Diary Assessment Schedule
IFS Infant Feeding Survey
IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation
IMS Intrinsic and milk sugars
kcal kilocalorie
LRNI Lower Reference Nutrient Intake
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
MJ Megajoules
ml millilitres
MRBIS Mean rolling bias index score
MRC Medical Research Council
MRC HNR Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research
MRVIS Mean running variance index score
MS Microsoft
N₂ Nitrogen
nmol/L nanomoles per litre
NatCen NatCen Social Research
NBA Nutritional BioAnalysis
NDNS National Diet and Nutrition Survey
NEQAS National External Quality Assessment Service
NHS National Health Service
NI Northern Ireland
NIHR CRN National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network
NISRA Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
NMES Non-milk extrinsic sugars
NS-SEC National Statistics Socio-economic Classification
NSP Non-starch polysaccharides
PAL Physical activity level
PETIA Particle enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay
PSUs Primary Sampling Units
QA Quality Assurance
QC Quality Control
R&D Research and Development
REC Research Ethics Committee
RLU Relative light units
RNI Reference Nutrient Intake
SACN Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition
sd Standard deviation
SE Standard error
SLAP Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation
SMOW Standard Mean Ocean Water
TfR Transferrin receptor
TMB Tetramethylbenzidine
µg micrograms
µg/l micrograms per litre
UK United Kingdom
WHO World Health Organization
WTCRF Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility
2H2O Deuterium
25-OHD 25-hydroxyvitamin D