Table 2.
Daily intake (g/day) of different food items or categories for cases and controls. Median (50th) and interquartile range (IQR) values calculated only in consumers.
| Food Items | Cases | Controls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Non Consumers | 50th | IQR | % Non Consumers | 50th | IQR | |
| Cereals and cereal products | 0.0 | 162.6 | 119.2–201.9 | 0.0 | 147.8 | 110.5–190.4 |
| Pasta, other grain | 0.5 | 56.0 | 37.8–80.0 | 1.3 | 55.9 | 37.1–76.9 |
| Rice | 17.9 | 3.9 | 2.4–6.9 | 20.4 | 3.8 | 1.9–6.3 |
| Bread | 5.5 | 86.4 | 45.6–124.0 | 8.1 | 76.4 | 44.4–113.7 |
| Crackers, crispbread, salty snacks | 9.5 | 4.6 | 2.2–17.4 | 10.4 | 4.5 | 2.1–16.3 |
| Meat and meat products | 0.0 | 117.3 | 88.7–157.6 | 0.1 | 126.2 | 90.6–161.5 |
| Red meat | 1.1 | 61.3 | 37.8–87.2 | 1.8 | 64.5 | 40.4–89.9 |
| White meat | 4.2 | 22.2 | 13.1–42.1 | 4.7 | 24.5 | 13.4–42.4 |
| Processed meat | 0.5 | 27.5 | 18.1–39.7 | 0.3 | 26.4 | 16.9–39.9 |
| Offal | 59.5 | 0.7 | 0.3–1.9 | 56.2 | 0.7 | 0.3–2.5 |
| Milk and dairy products | 0.0 | 176.9 | 100.0–298.6 | 0.0 | 209.9 | 111.3–306.9 |
| Milk | 35.3 | 110.8 | 30.3–224.3 | 32.7 | 134.4 | 36.5–223.4 |
| Yogurt | 36.3 | 27.4 | 13.8–70.6 | 33.8 | 41.2 | 13.5–108.3 |
| Cheeses (including fresh cheeses) | 0.0 | 42.4 | 27.9–58.0 | 0.8 | 38.4 | 27.1–54.9 |
| Eggs | 0.8 | 11.4 | 7.1–17.1 | 2.1 | 13.5 | 7.9–20.1 |
| Fish and seafood | 2.4 | 28.8 | 15.9–42.7 | 2.1 | 29.9 | 17.7–45.2 |
| Fish | 2.6 | 22.7 | 12.8–34.9 | 2.5 | 23.4 | 13.8–35.9 |
| Crustaceans and molluscs | 22.6 | 3.9 | 1.8–9.7 | 21.8 | 4.6 | 1.8–11.4 |
| Vegetables | 0.0 | 136.7 | 98.8–197.5 | 0.0 | 147.4 | 105.1–204.0 |
| Leafy vegetables | 0.5 | 23.7 | 12.3–43.5 | 0.1 | 25.5 | 14.6–44.2 |
| Other vegetables | 0.8 | 19.4 | 10.8–29.8 | 0.8 | 20.5 | 11.0–34.2 |
| Tomatoes | 0.8 | 53.3 | 31.8–85.4 | 0.7 | 54.3 | 33.5–86.5 |
| Root vegetables | 11.8 | 8.2 | 3.9–18.1 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 3.8–20.9 |
| Cabbages | 21.1 | 2.5 | 0.9–7.2 | 26.0 | 2.2 | 0.7–6.3 |
| Mushrooms | 22.4 | 1.6 | 0.8–3.3 | 20.7 | 1.7 | 0.8–3.8 |
| Onion and garlic | 0.5 | 10.8 | 6.4–20.5 | 0.3 | 12.6 | 7.3–21.9 |
| Legumes | 4.5 | 13.9 | 7.82–22.4 | 3.6 | 15.5 | 8.3–24.1 |
| Potatoes | 1.3 | 19.3 | 12.0–31.6 | 1.4 | 20.4 | 12.5–32.7 |
| Fresh fruit | 0.3 | 244.7 | 167.8–357.5 | 0.8 | 257.1 | 174.4–361.8 |
| Citrus fruits | 4.2 | 53.7 | 30.0–81.2 | 3.8 | 59.7 | 31.7–85.9 |
| All other fruits | 0.3 | 191.2 | 126.8–286.3 | 0.8 | 199.5 | 130.5–279.5 |
| Dried fruit, nuts and seeds | 10.0 | 0.5 | 0.3–1.63 | 11.0 | 0.5 | 0.3–1.8 |
| Sweets | 1.3 | 84.6 | 56.7–113.1 | 1.9 | 80.0 | 55.3–113.5 |
| Chocolate, candy bars, etc. | 25.0 | 4.4 | 2.6–8.5 | 31.4 | 3.6 | 2.1–7.4 |
| Sugar, honey, jam, confectionery | 13.2 | 14.9 | 7.2–27.61 | 12.2 | 14.5 | 7.8–27.6 |
| Ice-cream | 11.3 | 11.7 | 6.4–20.4 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 5.7–19.6 |
| Cakes, pies and pastries | 16.6 | 30.5 | 17.9–54.4 | 20.2 | 30.4 | 16.5–56.2 |
| Biscuits, dry cakes | 22.6 | 12.2 | 3.7–27.9 | 28.8 | 10.1 | 3.2–24.5 |
| Oils and fats | 0.0 | 25.2 | 19.2–32.4 | 0.1 | 26.3 | 20.6–33.2 |
| Vegetable fats and non-olive oils | 26.8 | 0.7 | 0.4–1.4 | 19.9 | 0.8 | 0.4–1.8 |
| Olive oil | 2.6 | 20.3 | 13.2–28.0 | 1.3 | 21.2 | 15.3–28.5 |
| Butter and other animal fats | 8.7 | 2.3 | 1.3–4.2 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.3–3.9 |
| Coffee | 8.2 | 79.1 | 49.7–116.6 | 9.9 | 83.9 | 49.3–123.2 |
| Tea | 39.7 | 21.8 | 2.7–86.5 | 47.3 | 10.6 | 1.7–65.4 |
| Red wine | 34.2 | 42.3 | 22.3–135.7 | 32.7 | 40.6 | 18.5–134.1 |
| White wine | 38.2 | 20.5 | 11.0–60.6 | 37.8 | 19.6 | 9.6–71.9 |
| Aperitif wines and beers | 31.6 | 26.1 | 13.3–41.2 | 30.2 | 26.0 | 13.8–50.7 |
| Spirits and liqueurs | 56.3 | 1.4 | 0.7–2.3 | 57.7 | 1.3 | 0.7–2.2 |
| Fruit juices | 38.7 | 45.9 | 25.7–107.3 | 39.6 | 43.5 | 21.8–102.0 |
| Soft drinks | 57.4 | 30.7 | 15.3–55.6 | 55.8 | 30.4 | 15.2–67.4 |