Table 3.
Adherence to the Dietary Pattern | Cancer Control Sample (n = 439) | Smoking Status | ||||||||||||||
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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).