Table 2.

Average consumption of selected food items by risk area in males from Nariño, Colombia (2006)

Food items (average consumption in times per week)	Gastric cancer risk area		Two-sided p valuea
	Low risk (n = 45)	High-risk (n = 44)
Fresh fish intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	3 (6.67)	32 (72.73)	<0.001
1–3	17 (37.78)	12 (27.27)
4–5	5 (11.11)	0 (0.0)
6–7	20 (44.44)	0 (0.0)
Seafood intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	21 (46.67)	43 (97.73)	<0.001
1–3	21 (46.67)	1 (2.27)
4–5	2 (4.44)	0 (0.0)
6–7	1 (2.22)	0 (0.0)
Chicken intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	5 (11.11)	20 (45.45)	<0.001
1–3	33 (73.33)	22 (50.00)
4–5	5 (11.11)	0 (0.0)
6–7	2 (4.44)	2 (4.55)
Fava bean intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	41 (91.11)	15 (34.09)	<0.001
1–3	4 (8.89)	27 (61.36)
4–5	0 (0.0)	2 (4.55)
6–7	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Bread intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	9 (20.00)	1 (2.27)	<0.001
1–3	13 (28.89)	6 (13.64)
4–5	3 (6.67)	0 (0.0)
6–7	20 (44.44)	37 (84.09)
Vegetable intake (excluding tubers) (n, %)
Less often than weekly	11 (24.44)	6 (14.29)	0.008
1–3	22 (48.89)	30 (71.43)
4–5	2 (4.44)	5 (11.90)
6–7	10 (22.22)	1 (2.38)
Potatoes (cooked) intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	2 (4.44)	0 (0.0)	<0.001
1–3	11 (24.44)	0 (0.0)
4–5	4 (8.89)	2 (4.55)
6–7	28 (62.22)	42 (95.45)
Fruit intake (excluding juices) (n, %)
Less often than weekly	11 (24.44)	8 (20.00)	0.019
1–3	25 (55.56)	25 (62.50)
4–5	0 (0.0)	5 (12.50)
6–7	9 (20.00)	2 (5.00)
Citrus fruit juice intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	7 (15.56)	29 (65.91)	<0.001
1–3	16 (35.56)	9 (20.45)
4–5	0 (0.0)	4 (9.09)
6–7	48 (48.89)	2 (4.55)
Citrus fruits (n, %)
Less often than weekly	11 (24.44)	22 (50.00)	0.033
1–3	23 (51.11)	16 (36.36)
4–5	3 (6.67)	4 (9.09)
6–7	8 (17.78)	2 (4.55)
Banana intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	13 (28.89)	19 (43.18)	0.001
1–3	19 (42.22)	25 (56.82)
4–5	2 (4.44)	0 (0.0)
6–7	11 (24.44)	0 (0.0)
Papaya intake (n, %)
Less often than weekly	9 (20.00)	26 (59.09)	<0.001
1–3	29 (64.44)	18 (40.91)
4–5	7 (15.56)	0 (0.0)
6–7	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)

^ap values from Fisher’s exact tests.