TABLE 8 .
Food aversions by gender, age, and cancer type
| Gender |
Age |
Cancer typea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (n = 450) | Females (n = 717) | P value | 18–74 years (n = 1,043) | 75 and older (n = 151) | P value | Breast (n = 207) | GI (n = 155) | Lung (n = 130) | Other solids (n = 290) | Hematologic (n = 238 | |
| Greasy/fried foods | 40.2% (181) | 51.7% (371) | <0.01 | 48.1% (502) | 39.1% (59) | 0.04 | 54.5% (113) | 56.1% (87) | 38.5% (50) | 45.5% (132) | 42.9% (102) |
| Spicy | 34.9% (157) | 43.7% (313) | <0.01 | 40.1% (418) | 39.1% (59) | 0.81 | 41.1% (85) | 50.3% (78) | 33.1% (43) | 42.4% (123) | 30.3% (72) |
| Citric/acidic foods | 25.1% (113) | 30.7% (220) | 0.04 | 29.1% (303) | 21.9% (33) | 0.07 | 31.9% (66) | 32.9% (51) | 24.6% (32) | 27.6% (80) | 22.7% (54) |
| Indian | 23.6% (106) | 30.4% (218) | 0.01 | 27.5% (287) | 29.1% (44) | 0.68 | 32.9% (68) | 34.8% (54) | 23.1% (30) | 30.0% (87) | 21.4% (51) |
| Mexican | 23.6% (106) | 29.2% (209) | 0.04 | 26.2% (273) | 33.1% (50) | 0.07 | 30.9% (64) | 33.6% (52) | 23.9% (31) | 26.6% (77) | 22.7% (54) |
| Salty foods | 21.8% (98) | 26.6% (191) | 0.06 | 24.5% (255) | 28.5% (43) | 0.29 | 19.8% (49) | 14.1% (35) | 11.3% (28) | 26.9% (78) | 24.4% (58) |
| Sweets | 18.9% (85) | 24.8% (178) | 0.02 | 23.3% (243) | 17.9% (27) | 0.14 | 23.7% (49) | 25.2% (39) | 18.5% (24) | 21.7% (63) | 24.0% (57) |
| Meat | 16.4% (74) | 22.7% (163) | <0.01 | 21.2% (221) | 13.3% (20) | 0.02 | 25.1% (52) | 24.5% (38) | 13.9% (18) | 23.8% (69) | 15.6% (37) |
| Soy | 14.2% (64) | 23.0% (165) | <0.01 | 19.3% (201) | 22.5% (34) | 0.35 | 22.2% (46) | 26.5% (41) | 17.7% (23) | 19.7% (57) | 18.1% (43) |
| Asian | 15.3% (69) | 21.3% (153) | 0.01 | 18.3% (191) | 22.5% (34) | 0.22 | 21.7% (45) | 29.0% (45) | 15.4% (20) | 18.3% (53) | 15.6% (37) |
| Dairy | 12.9% (58) | 19.8% (142) | <0.01 | 17.4% (181) | 13.3% (20) | 0.21 | 21.7% (45) | 16.8% (26) | 16.2% (21) | 16.9% (49) | 14.7% (35) |
| Fruits and vegetables | 14.2% (64) | 17.7% (127) | 0.12 | 16.7% (174) | 13.9% (21) | 0.39 | 14.5% (30) | 22.6% (35) | 8.5% (11) | 14.1% (41) | 17.7% (42) |
| Bland | 15.6% (70) | 16.5% (118) | 0.68 | 16.6% (173) | 11.9% (18) | 0.14 | 15.9% (33) | 18.1% (28) | 17.7% (23) | 15.2% (44) | 18.9% (45) |
| Crunchy foods | 12.4% (56) | 13.8% (99) | 0.50 | 13.7% (143) | 11.9% (18) | 0.55 | 13.0% (27) | 14.8% (23) | 13.9% (18) | 16.6% (48) | 9.2% (22) |
| Chewy foods | 12.2% (55) | 11.4% (82) | 0.69 | 11.3% (118) | 15.9% (24) | 0.10 | 9.2% (19) | 14.8% (23) | 13.9% (18) | 14.8% (43) | 7.1% (17) |
| High fiber foods | 8.0% (36) | 13.1% (94) | <0.01 | 11.1% (116) | 11.3% (17) | 0.96 | 7.3% (15) | 19.4% (30) | 7.7% (10) | 14.1% (41) | 6.7% (16) |
| Fish | 9.3% (42) | 11.0% (79) | 0.36 | 10.6% (111) | 9.9% (15) | 0.79 | 13.5% (28) | 12.9% (20) | 6.9% (9) | 9.7% (28) | 10.9% (26) |
| Vegetarian | 9.8% (44) | 8.9% (64) | 0.63 | 9.3% (97) | 8.6% (13) | 0.78 | 7.7% (16) | 12.9% (20) | 10.0% (13) | 11.0% (32) | 7.6% (18) |
| Pasta | 8.2% (37) | 9.1% (65) | 0.62 | 8.8% (92) | 6.6% (10) | 0.37 | 8.2% (17) | 8.4% (13) | 4.6% (6) | 10.3% (30) | 8.0% (19) |
| Poultry | 6.2% (28) | 8.1% (58) | 0.24 | 7.8% (81) | 3.3% (5) | 0.05 | 7.3% (15) | 10.3% (16) | 5.4% (7) | 6.9% (20) | 8.0% (19) |
| Soup | 4.7% (21) | 6.0% (43) | 0.33 | 5.5% (57) | 5.3% (8) | 0.93 | 3.4% (7) | 7.1% (11) | 3.9% (5) | 4.8% (14) | 8.8% (21) |
GI = gastrointestinal.
aParticipants who reported more than one type of cancer or who reported having an “other malignancy” that did not fall into the five categories were excluded from analyses by cancer type.