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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Cancer. 2011 Jul 20;63(6):860–872. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2011.582224

Table 2.

Mean Intake of Food Groups and Calories

Cases
(n=470)
Controls
(n=512)
P-
value

mean SD mean SD
Total calories (kcal/d) 2278 879 2080 787 <0.01
Food Group (servings/week)
Vegetables
 All Vegetables 18.5 12.2 19.0 11.6 0.59
 Cruciferous Vegetables 2.6 2.4 2.8 2.7 0.14
 Leafy Vegetables 3.5 2.5 3.6 2.5 0.30
 High Carotenoid Vegetables 13.0 8.7 13.2 8.4 0.64
 Tomato 5.9 4.1 5.6 3.6 0.28
 Legumes 4.4 3.1 4.5 3.6 0.61
Fruits
 All Fruits, no juices 9.9 7.7 11.1 9.6 0.04
 High Vitamin C Fruits 5.7 5.5 6.4 6.8 0.09
 High Carotenoid Fruits 6.5 6.1 7.2 7.6 0.13
 Fruit Juices 5.5 6.4 5.0 6.3 0.22
Grains
 Whole Grains 3.5 3.9 3.1 3.7 0.14
 Processed Grains 9.0 5.5 8.9 5.3 0.70
High Glycemic Index Foods 26.6 12.8 23.4 11.6 <0.01

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation.