Table 6.
Components of the Ad-LC WCRF/AICR Score by categories of compliance with this score in the cancer-control sample: means (SDs) and sample distribution (%).
| Variable | Total (0–8 Points) |
Compliance with the Ad-LC WCRF/AICR Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower (≤3 Points) |
Intermediate (3–≤5 Points) |
Higher (>5 Points) |
p-Value | ||
| Sample size | 439 | 146 | 254 | 39 | |
| Body fat content (%) | 26.6 (7.9) | 28.0 (8.0) | 26.3 (7.8) | 23.0 (6.4) | <0.0001 |
| 11.0–20.0 | 18.4 | 10.3 | 19.7 | 41.0 | <0.0001 |
| 20.1–24.9 | 60.4 | 71.9 | 59.1 | 25.6 | |
| <11.0 or >25.0 | 21.2 | 17.8 | 21.3 | 33.4 | |
| Overall physical activity | |||||
| low | 51.7 | 65.1 | 50.4 | 10.3 | <0.0001 |
| moderate | 37.6 | 32.2 | 37.8 | 56.4 | |
| high | 10.7 | 2.7 | 11.8 | 33.3 | |
| Smoking in pack years | 12.4 (7.4) | 14.5 (7.3) | 12.0 (7.0) | 7.3 (6.7) | <0.0001 |
| 0 (never smoker) | 12.5 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 35.9 | <0.0001 |
| >0–11 (moderate smoker) | 57.4 | 49.3 | 62.2 | 56.4 | |
| >11 (heavy smoker) | 30.1 | 42.5 | 26.4 | 7.7 | |
| Fruits and vegetables (times/day) | 1.3 (0.7) | 1.1 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.7) | 1.7 (1.0) | <0.0001 |
| Tertile 1 | 34.4 | 42.5 | 32.3 | 17.9 | 0.0065 |
| Tertile 2 | 32.6 | 34.2 | 31.5 | 33.3 | |
| Tertile 3 | 33.0 | 23.3 | 36.2 | 48.7 | |
| Whole grains and beans (times/day) | 0.8 (0.8) | 0.5 (0.7) | 0.9 (0.8) | 1.2 (0.9) | 0.1070 |
| Tertile 1 | 35.8 | 54.1 | 28.7 | 12.8 | <0.0001 |
| Tertile 2 | 31.0 | 28.8 | 32.3 | 30.8 | |
| Tertile 3 | 33.3 | 17.1 | 39.0 | 56.4 | |
| Fast foods/other processed foods high in fat/starches/sugars (times/day) | 3.3 (1.7) | 4.4 (1.6) | 3.3 (1.5) | 1.7 (1.0) | <0.0001 |
| Tertile 1 | 33.6 | 11.6 | 37.8 | 76.9 | <0.0001 |
| Tertile 2 | 33.5 | 23.3 | 40.9 | 23.1 | |
| Tertile 3 | 33.9 | 65.1 | 21.3 | 0 | |
| Red/processed meats (times/day) | 2.0 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.2) | 1.8 (1.1) | 1.3 (1.0) | <0.0001 |
| Tertile 1 | 34.6 | 16.4 | 39.8 | 69.2 | <0.0001 |
| Tertile 2 | 32.6 | 33.6 | 33.9 | 20.5 | |
| Tertile 3 | 32.8 | 50.0 | 26.4 | 10.3 | |
| Sugar-sweetened drinks (times/day) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.2) | 0.1 (0.2) | <0.0001 |
| Tertile 1 | 50.8 | 24.7 | 61.8 | 76.9 | <0.0001 |
| Tertile 2 | 20.0 | 25.3 | 18.9 | 7.7 | |
| Tertile 3 | 29.2 | 50.0 | 19.3 | 15.4 | |
| Ethanol (g/day) | |||||
| 0 | 23.0 | 15.7 | 23.6 | 46.2 | <0.0001 |
| >0–≤28 | 59.5 | 55.5 | 64.6 | 41.0 | |
| >28 | 17.5 | 28.8 | 11.8 | 12.8 | |
SD—standard deviation; Frequencies expressed as times/day are presented after recoding dietary data as follows: ‘never or almost never’ = 0; ‘once a month or less’ = 0.025; ‘several times a month’ = 0.1; ‘several times a week’ = 0.571; ‘daily’ = 1; ‘several times a day’ = 2 times/day; p-Value—level of statistical significance verified with a chi2 test (categorical variables) or a Kruskal–Wallis’ test (continuous variables).