Table 3.

Distribution of lung cancer cases by adherence to the dietary patterns and smoking status.

Adherence to the Dietary Pattern	Cancer Control Sample (n = 439)				Smoking Status
					Never Smoker (n = 55)				Moderate Smoker (n = 252)				Heavy Smoker (n = 132)
	Sample Size	Cancer Cases		p	Sample Size	Cancer Cases		p	Sample Size	Cancer Cases		p	Sample Size	Cancer Cases		p
		n	%			n	%			n	%			n	%
Prudent				<0.0001				0.6742				0.0046				0.6541
lower	146	81	55.5		7	0	0.0		90	51	56.7		49	30	61.2
moderate	146	64	43.8		17	0	0.0		85	41	48.3		44	23	52.3
higher	147	42	28.6		30	1	3.3		77	20	25.9		40	21	52.5
Westernized Traditional				0.8912				0.4102				0.9861				0.1221
lower	147	63	42.9		20	1	5.0		84	37	44.0		43	25	58.1
moderate	146	64	43.8		19	0	0.0		82	37	45.1		45	27	60.0
higher	146	60	41.1		16	0	0.0		86	38	44.2		44	22	50.0
Sweet Dairy				0.4017				0.4101				0.9054				0.8343
lower	146	62	42.5		17	0	0.0		85	37	43.5		44	25	56.8
moderate	147	57	38.8		20	1	5.0		89	37	41.6		38	19	50.0
higher	146	68	46.6		18	0	0.0		78	38	48.7		50	30	60.0
Polish–aMED score				<0.0001				0.4102				0.0003				0.8254
low (0–3 points)	177	97	51.9		15	0	0.0		106	63	59.4		56	34	60.7
moderate (4–6 points)	221	83	44.4		27	1	3.7		127	47	37.1		67	35	52.2
high (7–9 points)	41	7	3.7		13	0	0.0		19	2	10.5		9	5	55.6

Polish-aMEDscore—Polish-adapted Mediterranean diet score (range of points: 0–9); n—number; %—percentage of the sample; p—the level of significance verified with the chi² test (cancer cases vs. controls).