Table 4.
Comparison of the medians of supplement, total unadjusted and total calibrated DFE according to sociodemographic characteristics in the pretreatment of patients for colorectal adenocarcinoma.
| DFE Supplement 1 (μg) (n = 20) | Total Unadjusted DFE 2 (μg) (n = 20) | Total Calibrated DFE 2 (μg) (n = 20) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Median | p | N | Median | p | N | Median | p | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Female | 12 | 1750.00 | 0.01 * | 12 | 2724.50 | 0.44 | 12 | 2128.77 | 0.05 |
| Male | 8 | 440.00 | 8 | 969.77 | 8 | 794.31 | |||
| Age | |||||||||
| <61 years | 3 | 304.00 | 0.55 | 3 | 900.26 | 0.63 | 3 | 659.87 | 0.49 |
| ≥61 years | 17 | 480.00 | 17 | 1069.11 | 17 | 837.44 | |||
| Race | |||||||||
| Asian | 6 | 480.00 | 0.22 | 6 | 984.68 | 0.16 | 6 | 835.98 | 0.22 |
| White | 13 | 480.00 | 13 | 997.18 | 13 | 831.99 | |||
| Mulatto/Black | 1 | 20,000.00 | 1 | 21,079.60 | 1 | 20,382.30 | |||
| Education level | |||||||||
| Primary education | 8 | 8000.00 | 0.07 | 8 | 9150.01 | 0.06 | 8 | 8382.11 | 0.09 |
| High school/college incomplete level | 4 | 480.00 | 4 | 956.48 | 4 | 834.66 | |||
| College graduate/postgraduate level | 8 | 440.00 | 8 | 910.92 | 8 | 793.44 | |||
DFE—Dietary Folate Equivalent; 1 DFE supplement = synthetic folate supplement × 2; 2 Total DFE = DFE diet + DFE supplement.