. 2018 Nov 29;16(4):eAO4368. doi: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2018AO4368

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample of cancer patients and comparison of dietary intake.

Characteristic	Dietary intake (mean±standard deviation)

	n (%)	Total energy (kcal/day)	p value	Protein (g/day)	p value	Lipid (g/day)	p value	Carbohydrate (g/day)	p value
Sex
Male	286 (37.0)	1,330.70±347.49		57.38±22.05		27.25±10.23		218.46±55.35
Female	486 (63.0)	1,355.82±322.56	0.311	56.79±18.62	0.691	27.39±9.75	0.844	226.19±55.70	0.063
Religion
No	29 (3.8)	1,289.67±372.71		56.72±21.30		26.13±8.84		211.27±58.61
Yes	743 (96.2)	1,348.76±330.37	0.347	57.02±19.91	0.937	27.39±9.97	0.504	223.81±55.53	0.234
Religious practice
No	107 (13.9)	1,289.88±343.95		55.17±20.66		25.67±9.40		214.38±57.44
Yes	665 (86.1)	1,355.66±329.37	0.057	57.30±19.83	0.305	27.61±10.00	0.061	224.78±55.28	0.073
Marital status
Single	112 (14.5)	1,340.85±333.35		58.80±20.67		28.20±10.73		217.67±55.03
Married	506 (65.6)	1,357.95±335.58		57.25±20.05		27.29±9.88		226.12±55.95
Widow/er	77 (10.0)	1,350.25±344.61		56.64±19.61		28.23±10.12		223.06±59.82
Separated/divorced	76 (9.9)	1,275.89±289.59	0.253	53.17±18.50	0.284	25.49±8.70	0.251	213.53±49.67	0.188
Work activity
No	558 (72.3)	1,327,19±322.63		55.46±19.31		26.52±9.24		221.83±54.26
Yes	214 (27.7)	1,397.02±350.98	0.009*	61.04±21.04	<0.001*	29.48±11.27	<0.001*	227.27±59.12	0.224
Economic class, mean income
A (R$ 9,263.00)	20 (2.6)	1,435.64±345.32^a		66.96±25.64^a		32.33±12.64^a		224.85±53.66^a.b
B (R$ 3,947.00)	267 (34.6)	1,384.53±306.26^a		59.67±19.34^a		28.15±9.43^a		228.86±52.03^a
C (R$ 1,416.00)	368 (47.7)	1,349.66±343.88^a		56.49±19.90^a		27.32±10.23^a.b		224.50±57.14^a
D and E (R$ 776,00)	117 (15.1)	1,234.84±326.26^b	<0.001*	50.88±18.81^b	<0.001*	24.71±9.00^b	0.002*	206.81±56.86^b	0.004*
Specialty field of cancer
Head and neck	61 (7.9)	1,400.15±386.66		60.45±24.85^a,b		29.34±12.20^a,b		228.00±60.00
Upper digestive tract	81 (10.5)	1,425.29±397.32		62.59±25.56^a		29.51±11.33^a		232.55±65.77
Lower digestive tract	175 (22.7)	1,363.60±304.37		58.45±19.62^a,b		28.27±8.87^a		223.42±50.66
Gynecology	102 (13.2)	1,367.54±359.64		57.80±19.92^a,b		28.30±10.97^a,b		225.97±62.10
Breast cancer	248 (32.1)	1,314.95±281.99		54.34±16.23^a,b		25.95±8.98^a,b		221.85±49.31
Lung	46 (6.0)	1,250.66±360.45		50.11±18.56^b		24.10±7.91^b		213.60±62.37
Urology	59 (7.6)	1,303.70±351.09	0.065^†	56.73±19.54^a,b	0.008^†	26.24±10.39^a,b	0.003^†	214.87±58.27	0.592^†
Stage of disease
I	51 (6.6)	1,296.30±268.54		54.82±14.33		26.34±8.29		215.31±44.09
II	196 (25.4)	1,321.71±318.07		55.92±18.39		26.48±9.52		219.89±56.03
III	301 (39.0)	1,356.92±331.54		57.50±20.03		27.72±10.16		224.60±55.58
IV	224 (29.0)	1,365.77±356.22	0.347	57.79±22.16	0.632	27.80±10.28	0.407	226.47±57.77	0.445
Type of treatment
Chemotherapy	559 (72.4)	1,351.59±336.11^a		57.28±20.26^a		27.45±10.01^a		224.20±56.52
Radiation therapy	95(12.3)	1,265.77±282.07^a		50.39±13.78^b		23.95±7.20^b		217.76±50.90
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy	118 (15.3)	1,387.66±341.22^b	0.023*	61.06±21.42^a	<0.001*	29.53±10.76^a	<0.001*	223.71±55.41	0.579
Presence of metastasis
No	459 (59.5)	1,340.53±319.58		56.63±19.22		27.29±9.89		222.15±52.57
Yes	313 (40.5)	1,355.37±349.69	0.542	57.56±20.99	0.529	27.41±9.99	0.877	225.07±59.96	0.476
Body mass index
<18.5 (low weight)	52 (6.8)	1,415.38±416.95		61.69±26.09		30.74±11.14^a		228.28±63.51
18.5\|-25.0 (eutrophy)	326 (42.2)	1,368.17±349.23		58.21±20.81		28.26±10.36^a		225.55±58.86
25.0\|-30.0 (overweight)	244 (31.6)	1,307.09±295.46		54.34±16.66		25.82±9.19^b		219.40±51.74
≥30.0 (obesity)	150 (19.4)	1,339.86±311.62	0.082^†	57.10±20.16	0.050^†	26.71 ±9.27^a,b	0.004^†	223.21±51.80	0.545^†

Equal letters indicate statistical similarity. * Statistically significant difference (p<0.05); ^† analysis of variance with Welch correction (Games-Howell post hoc test).