Table 2.
Summary of Participant Characteristics in the Juice PLUS+ Supplementation in the Head and Neck Cancer Trial.
| Juice PLUS+ |
Placebo |
|
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Participants | 72 (100) | 62 (100) |
| Age | ||
| Median (range) | 58 (30-82) | 59 (41-82) |
| ≥60 years | 31 (43) | 31 (50) |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 11 (15) | 10 (16) |
| Male | 61 (85) | 52 (84) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| Black | 4 (6) | 7 (11) |
| Hispanic | 7 (10) | 2 (3) |
| White | 58 (81) | 53 (85) |
| Other/Unknown | 3 (4) | 0 (0) |
| Body mass index | ||
| Median (range) | 25.0 (16.5-39.8) | 25.1 (16.2-36.6) |
| Underweight/Normal (<25 kg/m2) | 35 (49) | 28 (45) |
| Overweight (25-29.9 kg/m2) | 30 (42) | 25 (40) |
| Obese (≥30 kg/m2) | 7 (10) | 9 (15) |
| Performance status | ||
| 0 | 60 (83) | 53 (85) |
| 1 | 12 (17) | 9 (15) |
| Stagea | ||
| I-II | 26 (36) | 20 (32) |
| III-IV | 46 (64) | 42 (68) |
| Treatment | ||
| Surgery alone | 11 (15) | 10 (16) |
| Radiation therapy alone | 4 (6) | 3 (5) |
| Surgery + Radiation therapy | 12 (17) | 18 (29) |
| Radiation + Chemotherapy | 22 (31) | 15 (24) |
| Surgery + Radiation + Chemotherapy | 23 (32) | 16 (26) |
| Lifestyle characteristics | ||
| Alcohol usea | 32 (44) | 27 (44) |
| Tobacco usea | 16 (22) | 14 (23) |
a
Factors used for stratification.