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. 2023 Jan 18;13:982. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-27820-z

Table 2.

Changes in crude intakes of energy, nutrients and food groups from baseline for male cancer survivors compared with male controls (n = 33,643).

Cancer-free controls (n = 32757) All cancers (n = 886) Pa Colorectal cancer (n = 226) Gastric cancer (n = 244) Other cancers (n = 416) Pb
Baseline median Change from baseline Baseline median Change from baseline Baseline median Change from baseline Baseline median Change from baseline Baseline median Change from baseline
median IQR median IQR median IQR median IQR median IQR
Energy and nutrients
 Total energy (kcal/d ) 2110  − 33 (− 453–380)* 2127  − 168 (− 640–278)*  <0 .001 2257  − 159 (− 581–268)* 2151  − 255 (− 810–168)* 2063  − 115 (− 571–335)*  < .001
 Sodium (mg/d ) 4603  − 248 (− 1555–1003)* 4627  − 345 (− 1723–1110)* 0.41 4673  − 368 (− 1599–906) 4759  − 369 (− 1811–857)* 4465  − 335 (− 1681–1224) 0.61
 Ethanol (g/d) 23.0 0.0 (− 9.0–5.0)* 23.0  − 1.5 (− 23.0–0.0)*  <0 .001 36.0 0.0 (− 23.0–0.0)* 23.0  − 7.9 (− 26.4–0.0)* 14.8 0.0 (− 18.5–0.0)*  < .001
Food groups (g/d)
 Grains 570.9 30.6 (− 98.9–139.1)* 562.6  − 11.3 (− 148.9–111.5)  <0 .001 572.9 7.4 (− 132.9–109.5) 580.4 -56.3 (− 200.2–91.9)* 546.8 0.9 (− 136.1–117.8)  <0 .001
 Rice 423.3 64.5 (− 55.0–134.6)* 423.3 34.7 (− 88.3–104.3)*  < 0.001 423.3 54.6 (− 79.8–135.0)* 425.0  − 7.0 (− 157.3–91.3) 423.3 37.5 (− 80.0–101.1)*  < 0.001
 Soy products 30.7 0.0 (− 17.0–19.1)* 31.4 0.0 (− 17.1–21.3) 0.58 33.9  − 0.3 (− 15.1–20.2) 29.7  − 1.6 (− 19.2–18.7) 31.1 0.9 (− 16.9–23.5) 0.36
 Miso soup 235.7 0.0 (− 80.4–58.9)* 235.7 0.0 (− 88.4–75.0) 0.95 225.0 0.0 (− 75.0–80.4) 300.0 0.0 (− 112.5–75.0) 225.0 0.0 (− 85.7–62.9) 0.54
 Vegetables 170.8 7.9 (− 65.8–87.7)* 180.6 12.0 (− 69.2–99.9)* 0.42 195.3 14.7 (− 77.5–104.8) 193.6 9.3 (− 81.4–103.4) 173.7 13.4 (− 62.8–93.4) 0.76
 Pickled vegetables 20.5 0.0 (− 11.8–12.8) 24.5  − 0.9 (− 16.2–13.3) 0.13 27.2 0.0 (− 15.0–13.2) 27.6  − 2.0 (− 19.9–14.5) 21.1  − 0.7 (− 14.0–12.4) 0.33
 Fruit 141.4  − 13.6 (− 92.9–58.4)* 151.1  − 3.1 (− 90.1–85.0) 0.01 147.0  − 3.4 (− 83.2–71.0) 155.0 7.3 (− 84.6–106.5) 151.2  − 7.7 (− 97.0–72.4) 0.04
 Fish and shellfish 79.3  − 15.3 (− 49.9–16.6)* 79.8  − 16.0 (− 55.0–17.6)* 0.54 84.0  − 14.7 (− 51.8–16.4)* 80.3  − 20.8 (− 61.5–18.9)* 76.8  − 15.6 (− 53.6–17.6)* 0.66
 Salty fish 14.0  − 1.5 (− 12.0–4.2)* 15.4  − 2.0 (− 13.8–5.2)* 0.95 15.5  − 3.0 (− 14.3–4.0)* 18.9  − 2.2 (− 16.4–6.5)* 13.0  − 1.0 (− 11.9–5.2)* 0.92
 Meat 52.7  − 4.3 (− 31.1–25.2)* 47.1  − 5.3 (− 29.1–19.3)* 0.32 53.2  − 8.3 (− 37.6–14.0)* 45.8  − 6.6 (− 30.2–17.3)* 45.1  − 2.2 (− 25.9–28.2) 0.02
 Unprocessed red meat 36.7  − 7.3 (− 28.1–11.7)* 34.3  − 7.3 (− 28.1–8.9)* 0.37 41.0  − 13.7 (− 33.5–4.9)* 31.9  − 7.6 (− 27.5–6.0)* 33.3  − 5.1 (− 25.5–12.3)* 0.02
 Processed meat 3.5  − 0.7 (− 4.2–1.7)* 3.0  − 0.5 (− 3.3–1.3)* 0.66 3.3  − 0.3 (− 3.3–1.5) 3.0  − 0.8 (− 3.3–1.2)* 3.0  − 0.7 (− 3.2–1.5)* 0.90
 Milk and dairy products 112.5  − 1.3 (− 65.6–52.8)* 119.9 0.0 (− 74.3–83.5)  < 0.01 108.6 5.7 (− 52.7–86.5) 128.5  − 0.8 (− 97.5–76.2) 118.6 1.1 (− 77.8–85.1)  < 0.01
 Green tea 120.0 0.0 (− 120.0–120.0)* 300.0 0.0 (− 240.0–180.0) 0.40 300.0 0.0 (− 300.0–180.0) 300.0 0.0 (− 300.0–180.0) 120.0 0.0 (− 180.0–205.7) 0.15
 Coffee 113.6 0.0 (− 79.3–34.3)* 79.3 0.0 (− 79.3–0.0)*  <0 .01 60.0 0.0 (− 60.0–15.0)* 79.3 0.0 (− 89.3–0.0)* 79.3 0.0 (− 79.3–0.0)* 0.04
 Soft drinks 42.9 0.0 (− 53.6–0.0)* 42.9 0.0 (− 53.6–0.0)* 0.96 42.9 0.0 (− 57.1–0.0)* 42.9 0.0 (− 42.9–0.0)* 0.0 0.0 (− 53.6–0.0)* 0.09

IQR Interquartile range

*Statistical significance was set at P < .01 and the Wilcoxon signed − rank test was used to determine the significance of differences in intake between the baseline and follow-up surveys.

aThe Mann–Whitney U − test was used for the difference in change between cancer-free male controls and survivors of all cancers, bThe Kruskal − Wallis test was used for the comparison of the change among cancer-free male controls and survivors of specific cancer types. Statistical significance was set at P < .01 for both test.

Significant values are in [bold].