Table 2. Dietary Adjustments by Ostomy Status: Ostomy versus Anastomosisa.
| Item |
Ostomy (n=345) |
Anastomosis (n=511) |
Odds Ratio | 95% CI |
p- value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Time-to-comfort-
with-diet |
% | % | |||
| < 1 mo | 43.2 | 47.3 | REF | ||
| 1– 12 months | 38.3 | 33.3 | 1.2 | .84-1.7 | .31 |
| >12 months | 7.1 | 8.5 | .69 | .37-1.3 | .22 |
| Never | 11.3 | 10.9 | .89 | .53-1.5 | .66 |
|
Time-to-appetite-
return |
% | % | |||
| < 1 mo | 57.1 | 61.3 | REF | ||
| 1– 12 months | 34.4 | 31.0 | 1.1 | .82-1.64 | .43 |
| >12 months | 5.0 | 3.2 | 1.8 | .82-3.9 | .14 |
| Never | 3.5 | 4.5 | .80 | .37-1.7 | .58 |
|
Adjusted diet because
of ostomy/surgery |
44.7 | 43.0 | 1.0 | .73-1.3 | .96 |
|
Avoided dietary
components |
% | % | |||
| Carbonated beverages | 27.2 | 13.3 | 2.4 | 1.6-3.7 | <.001 |
| Dairy products | 11.1 | 7.9 | 1.3 | .76-2.1 | .36 |
| Fruits | 3.6 | 3.6 | .78 | .35-1.7 | .55 |
| Snacks (any foods that were eaten between the regular three meals) |
8.5 | 10.7 | .77 | .45-1.3 | .33 |
| Vegetables | 9.1 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.2-4.4 | .01 |
| Special diets (vegetarian, vegan, macrobiotic, Dean Ornish, Atkin’s) |
10.3 | 16.1 | .644 | .41-1.0 | .06 |
| Special diets helpfulb | 68.7 | 75.0 | .77 | .30-2.0 | .61 |
a
Mixed-effects logistic regression adjusted for tumor site, Charlson-Deyo comorbidity score, and years-since-surgery, study site as random effect
b
Question was not asked in the VA study
CI = confidence interval