Table 3.
Estimated daily consumption of macro- and micro-nutrients based on cases and controls in a sub-set of 298 study participants with FFQ data.
| Nutrients Median (IQR) |
Controls N = 128 |
Cases N = 170 |
p-Value * |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy (kcal) | 828.5 (593.4, 1234.5) | 951.2 (558.8, 1183.6) | 0.5982 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 101.7 (72.1, 143.4) | 102.4 (67.2, 145.6) | 0.9659 |
| Fat (g) | 35.8 (25.1, 51.3) | 41.3 (23.8, 54.0) | 0.3001 |
| Protein (g) | 23.8 (16.5, 34.2) | 27.7 (16.0, 34.6) | 0.5407 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 44.2 (18.5, 79.4) | 56.4 (22.8, 144.0) | 0.0250 |
| Calcium (mg) | 506.6 (288.7, 758.3) | 614.7 (316.1, 815.0) | 0.1417 |
| Iron (mg) | 7.0 (5.0, 9.2) | 7.4 (4.9, 9.9) | 0.8434 |
| Zinc (mg) | 3.4 (2.4, 4.8) | 3.9 (2.2, 4.9) | 0.5730 |
| Alpha carotene (µg) | 427.9 (243.4, 752.9) | 521.7 (249.5, 726.4) | 0.5965 |
| Beta carotene (µg) | 1749.7 (1121.4, 2952.7) | 2166.3 (1051.2, 3169.1) | 0.3007 |
| Lycopene (µg) | 394.6 (247.0, 610.2) | 393.0 (265.9, 671.5) | 0.4330 |
| Luteine + Zeaxanthine (µg) | 569.3 (421.2,871.7) | 680.2 (384.5, 1079.0) | 0.1825 |
| Choline (mg) | 56.5 (40.2, 81.0) | 62.1 (37.4, 109.1) | 0.3183 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 51.3 (39.8, 72.1) | 58.6 (37.5, 93.5) | 0.1277 |
| Folic Acid (mcg) | 101.2 (68.1, 147.1) | 103.5 (64.4, 147.2) | 0.8572 |
| Vitamin B12 (mcg) | 1.1 (0.5, 2.1) | 1.6 (0.7, 2.2) | 0.1324 |
* Wilcoxon Rank-sum test for differences in median values between groups.