Table 2.

A comparative analysis of diet types between centenarians and non-centenarians.

		Centenarians	Non-centenarians	Chi-square	P
Meat	Eat	205 (82.0%)	513 (100.0%)	98.127	<0.001
	Not eat	45 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Fish and other aquatic products	Eat	100 (40.0%)	516 (100.0%)	384.99	<0.001
	Not eat	150 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Eggs	Eat	77 (30.8%)	514 (100.0%)	459.806	<0.001
	Not eat	173 (69.2%)	0 (0.0%)
Tea	Eat	35 (14.1%)	285 (56.5%)	123.137	<0.001
	Not eat	214 (85.9%)	219 (43.5%)
Bean products	Eat	10 (4.0%)	439 (84.3%)	446.285	<0.001
	Not eat	239 (96.0%)	82 (15.7%)
Rice	Eat	242 (97.6%)	519 (98.7%)	1.209	0.368
	Not eat	6 (2.4%)	7 (1.3%)
Coarse cereals	Eat	21 (8.5%)	1 (0.2%)	41.817	<0.001
	Not eat	227 (91.5%)	525 (99.8%)
Pasta	Eat	54 (21.8%)	6 (1.1%)	100.340	<0.001
	Not eat	194 (78.2%)	520 (98.9%)
Other staple foods	Eat	16 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34.652	<0.001
	Not eat	232 (93.5%)	526 (100.0%)
Fruits	Eat	65 (26.4%)	57 (10.9%)	41.054	<0.001
	Sometimes eat	154 (62.6%)	339 (64.6%)
	Not eat	27 (11.0%)	129 (24.6%)

The missing data was not included.