Table 1.

Baseline demographic data.

Characteristics	Groups
	Control (n = 36)	Honey (n = 36)
Age (years)a	59.6 (1.31)	56.5 (1.00)
Age at diagnosis (years)a	55.8 (1.29)	53.3 (0.96)
Level of educationb
Primary	4 (11.1%)	2 (5.6%)
Secondary	11 (30.6%)	4 (11.1%)
Tertiary	21 (58.3%)	30 (83.3%)
Ethnicityb
Malay	30 (83.3%)	35 (97.2%)
Non-Malay	6 (16.7%)	1 (2.8%)
Monthly income (RM)c
<1500	31 (86.1%)*	23 (63.9%)
≥1500	5 (13.9%)	13 (36.1%)
Breast cancer stagec
I-IIa	13 (36.1%)	10 (27.8%)
IIb-IIIc	23 (63.9%)	26 (72.2%)

Data are presented as n (%), except for age and age at diagnosis, which are presented as mean (SEM).

^∗p < 0.05 compared with the honey group.

^aIndependent t-test.

^bFisher's exact test.

^cChi-square test.