Table 2.

Incidence of Infection or FUO

Infection and FUO	Patients Randomly Assigned to No Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (cooked diet; n = 78)			Patients Randomly Assigned to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (raw diet; n = 75)			P (cooked v raw)	Patients Not Randomly Assigned (preferred cooked diet; n = 53)
		No.	%	No.	%			No.	%
Patients with any major infection	23	29	26	35	.60	19	36
Patients with pneumonia	12	15	4	5	.06	12	23
Patients with bacteremia or fungemia	7	9	17	23	.03	4	8
Patients with pneumonia accompanied by bacteremia or fungemia	4	5	5	7	.74	3	6
Patients with any minor infection	5	6	4	5	.99	4	8
Patients with FUO	40	51	27	36	.07	22	42
Patients with either major or minor infection	28	36	30	40	.62	23	43
Patients with infection or FUO	68	87	57	76	.09	45	85

Abbreviation: FUO, fever of unknown origin.