Table 3.
Mean intakes of dairy and calcium by cancer of the colon and rectum among participants of the Adventist Health Study-2, USA, 2002–2011
| Colorectal cancer | Colon cancer | Rectal cancer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary variable | Whole cohort | Cases | P value* | Cases | P value* | Cases | P value* |
| Mean intake of dairy | |||||||
| Total dairy (kJ/d) | 743·9 | 728·4 | 0·6 | 750·6 | 0·9 | 651·0 | 0·2 |
| Total dairy (kcal/d) | 177·8 | 174·1 | 0·6 | 179·4 | 0·9 | 155·6 | 0·2 |
| Total dairy (g/d) | 188·7 | 190·6 | 0·9 | 198·2 | 0·4 | 164·5 | 0·3 |
| Protein (g/d) | 9·5 | 9·5 | 0·99 | 9·9 | 0·5 | 8·3 | 0·2 |
| Fat (g/d) | 10·8 | 10·4 | 0·4 | 10·7 | 0·8 | 9·6 | 0·2 |
| Carbohydrate (g/d) | 11·0 | 10·9 | 0·8 | 11·3 | 0·7 | 9·3 | 0·2 |
| Mean intake of Ca | |||||||
| Total Ca (mg/d) | 1235·0 | 1231·8 | 0·9 | 1248·4 | 0·7 | 1175·0 | 0·3 |
| Diet Ca (mg/d) | 885·3 | 869·8 | 0·4 | 874·0 | 0·6 | 855·1 | 0·5 |
| Dairy Ca (mg/d) | 283·4 | 276·0 | 0·6 | 285·8 | 0·9 | 242·4 | 0·2 |
| Supplemental Ca (mg/d) | 349·7 | 362·0 | 0·6 | 374·4 | 0·3 | 319·8 | 0·5 |
*
Testing null hypothesis of no difference between cases and the whole cohort.