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. 2023 Sep 11;202(3):461–471. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-07095-8

Table 2.

Food, beverages, and condiments consumption 1 week before starting chemotherapy (T0) and 12 months after the end of chemotherapy (T6)

Food, beverage or condiment T0 T6 ΔT6–T0 p*
Fruit 1852 (1669;2035) 2179 (2032;2327) +328 (125;530) 0.002
Vegetables 1579 (1463;1964) 1868 (1786;1950) +290 (172;407) <0.0001
Pasta or rice 393 (362;425) 343 (316;370) −49 (−83;−16) 0.002
Bread 429 (382;476) 296 (262;331) −133 (−184;−82) <0.0001
Potatoes 271 (236;305) 209 (183;235) −62 (−102;−22) 0.008
Breadsticks or crackers 103 (83;124) 30 (20;41) −73 (−93;−52) <0.0001
White meat 242 (217;267) 207 (189;224) −35 (−60;−10) 0.008
Red meat 135 (117;153) 76 (66;87) −59 (−78;−40) <0.0001
Fish 271 (241;301) 361 (331;392) +90 (58;121) <0.0001
Lean salami 99 (85;114) 36 (28;44) −63 (−78;−48) <0.0001
Fat salami 29 (22;36) 6 (4;9) −23 (−29;−16) 0.052
Eggs 118 (105;131) 116 (105;127) −2 (−17;13) 0.81
Fresh cheese 200 (172;228) 170 (150;191) −30 (−62;3) 0.31
Aged cheese 124 (106;142) 60 (51;70) −63 (−82;−44) <0.0001
Legumes 205 (173;237) 321 (289;353) +116 (78;154) <0.0001
Milk 449 (353;544) 232 (161;303) −216 (−316;−117) <0.0001
Yogurt 336 (249;423) 110 (72;149) −226 (−318;−133) <0.0001
Added sugar 75 (61;89) 25 (17;33) −50 (−63;−37) <0.0001
Biscuits 135 (115;15) 112 (94;130) −23 (−45;1) 0.11
Icecreams 85 (64;106) 32 (19;46) −53 (−76;−30) <0.0001
Sweet snacks 176 (137;217) 77 (58;96) −99 (−138;−59) <0.0001
Soft drinks 259 (172;347) 57 (16;98) −202 (−279;−126) <0.0001
Fruit juices 246 (182;311) 89 (49;129) −158 (−226;−90) <0.0001
Wine 305 (228;381) 190 (133;246) −115 (−181;−49) 0.007
Beer 122 (78;165) 64 (43;85) −58 (−102;−13) 0.11
Spirits 1.8 (0.1;3.4) 1.4 (0.2;3.1) −0.4 (−2.7;2.0) 0.50
Olive oil 249 (236;261) 245 (235;256) −3 (−19;13) 0.58
Butter 19 (14;23) 9 (6;12) −10 (−15;−5) <0.0001

All measures are expressed as means of grams for food and ml for beverages per week, with the corresponding 95% confidence interval in brackets

*Wilcoxon signed-rank test