Egg White and Butter/Oil Intake Frequency — 12-Month Dietary Recall
A dietary questionnaire asking how often egg whites, butter, or oils are consumed over the previous 12 months.
["Your answers help create a long-term picture of your usual fat and protein intake."]
Key facts at a glance
- LOINC
- 61560-9
- Short code
- How often egg w butter oil in 12Mo PhenX
- Synonyms
- How often egg w butter oil in 12Mo PhenX
- Category
- liver
- Sample
- serum
- Container
- Red-top tube (SST)
- Units
- N/A
- Fasting
- false
- Population
- adult
- Sex
- all
- Age range
- 18–65 years
- Method
- phenx
- Specimen volume
- 5 mL
- Stability
- Room temperature: 4h, Refrigerated: 24h, Frozen: 7d
- Hemolysis max
- 500
- Lipemia max
- 1000
- Icterus max
- 500
- TAT
- 4–24 hours
- Order
- routine
What is this test?
This is a dietary intake assessment rather than a blood or laboratory test. It records how often you consume egg whites, butter, and oils during the previous 12 months.
Why might I need this test?
A clinician or dietitian may use this information to estimate your usual nutrient and fat intake, assess eating patterns, or guide nutrition and heart-health counseling.
How is the test performed?
You answer questions about how often you eat the listed foods and oils. The answers are then reviewed as part of your overall dietary history.
How do I prepare for the test?
No fasting or laboratory preparation is required. Think back over the past 12 months and answer as accurately as you can, including seasonal changes in your diet.
Clinical interpretation
How abnormal results are interpreted and what conditions they suggest.
The frequency of these foods can contribute to your overall calorie, protein, saturated-fat, and unsaturated-fat intake. Frequent intake of butter or certain oils may be relevant to lipid and cardiovascular counseling, while egg whites provide protein with relatively little fat. These answers are interpreted alongside your full diet, medical history, and laboratory results and do not diagnose a disease by themselves.
Short name
12-Month Dietary Intake Frequency
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to fast for this test?
What period should I consider when answering?
Does this test determine my cholesterol level?
Sources
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