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

Table 3.

Changes in crude intakes of energy, nutrients and food groups from baseline for female cancer survivors compared with female controls (n = 39,549).

Cancer-free controls (n = 38,903) All cancers (n = 646) Colorectal cancer (n = 134) Gastric cancer (n = 91) Breast cancer (n = 158) Other cancers (n = 263) Pb
Baseline median Change from baseline Baseline median Change from baseline Pa 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 median IQR
Energy and nutrients
 Energy (kcal/d) 1800  − 72 (− 422–278)* 1788  − 90 (− 421–255)* 0.69 1779  − 25 (− 322–365) 1851  − 283 (− 542–161)* 1820 3 (− 317–268) 1757  − 109 (− 444–226)* 0.04
 Sodium (mg/d) 4496  − 257 (− 1464–904)* 4559  − 173 (− 1408–1060) 0.18 4658  − 14 (− 1212–1442) 4741  − 431 (− 1953–905) 4226  − 105 (− 1123–1201) 4565  − 296 (− 1448–938) 0.07
 Ethanol (g/d) 0.0 0.0 (0.0–0.0)* 0.0 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.11 0.0 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.0 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.0 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.0 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.47
Food groups (g/day)
 Grains 486.1  − 18.0 (− 111.1–60.3)* 486.7  − 34.2 (− 131.4–39.8)*  < 0.01 486.5  − 15.9 (− 106.1–51.7) 489.4  − 94.7 (− 220.7–59.2)* 492.6  − 25.8 (− 131.0–32.5)* 480.9  − 26.9 (− 131.1–36)*  < 0.01
 Rice 367.5 0.0 (− 53.9–63.2)* 420.0  − 3.3 (− 90.0–26.8)*  < 0.01 420.0  − 1.7 (− 60.0–25.0) 420.0  − 19.9 (− 140.0–31.7)* 331.4  − 3.3 (− 60.7–39.6) 420.0  − 2.3 (− 64.0–18.0)  < 0.01
 Soy products 35.1 0.2 (− 16.0–22.4)* 36.3 0.0 (− 20.1–23.8) 0.50 35.4 4.8 (− 17.9–35.0) 43.3  − 5.5 (− 30.0–20.7) 36.0 5.6 (− 13.8–32.3)* 35.7  − 1.6 (− 20.6–17.1) 0.01
 Miso soup 176.8 0.0 (− 75.0–42.9)* 225.0 0.0 (− 75.0–42.9) 0.79 225.0 0.0 (− 75.0–56.3) 225.0 0.0 (− 85.7–75.0) 150.0 0.0 (− 75.0–50.9) 225.0 0.0 (− 64.3–37.5) 0.78
 Vegetables 205.5 15.5 (− 63.6–102.9)* 201.4 27.3 (− 45.9–124.7)*  <0 .01 196.6 29.3 (− 43.6–127.5) 248.4 21.6 (− 73.5–98.1) 192.6 30.7 (− 37.5–144.5)* 202.2 22.1 (− 49.1–121.9)* 0.02
 Pickled vegetables 23.4 0.0 (− 13.5–14.8)* 25.6 0.0 (− 15.4–17.1) 0.72 24.9 4.4 (− 19.0–25.5) 35.7  − 4.4 (− 29.6–19.8) 23.2 0.8 (− 12.2–15.2) 24.8  − 0.2 (− 13.0–15.6) 0.58
 Fruit 207.1  − 15.6 (− 110.8–79.4)* 210.1  − 15.3 (− 118.4–90.0) 0.70 204.5 15.2 (− 110.9–114.1) 250.8  − 26.1 (− 131.5–120.4) 220.3  − 24.2 (− 122.8–91.0) 196.9  − 19.4 (− 124.2–79.7) 0.65
 Fish and shellfish 77.6  − 13.5 (− 44.8–16.2)* 76.3  − 12.1 (− 45.4–15.3)* 0.77 78.5  − 12.5 (− 39.8–16.2) 81.7  − 24.4 (− 63.6–9.8)* 72.0  − 9.5 (− 40.2–16.8)* 73.7  − 7.8 (− 45.9–16.4)* 0.33
 Salty fish 15.2  − 1.3 (− 11.1–4.7)* 15.0  − 1.7 (− 11.2–2.5)* 0.16 19.5  − 1.0 (− 12.5–4.3) 13.5  − 4.7 (− 19.5–0.0)* 14.1  − 1.4 (− 9.0–2.5)* 13.0  − 1.5 (− 11.0–2.7)* 0.11
 Meat 46.7  − 2.6 (− 26.0–24.2)* 46.7 -3.0 (− 26.8–22.2) 0.61 45.1 0.5 (− 25.4–24.7) 47.1  − 8.7 (− 34.8–12.7) 48.4  − 5.4 (− 25.4–31.4) 44.6  − 3.3 (− 26.0–20.8) 0.43
 Unprocessed red meat 32.1  − 6.0 (− 24.4–9.9)* 31.7  − 7.0 (− 25.8–8.2)* 0.41 30.2  − 4.8 (− 19.4–10.9) 32.4  − 9.3 (− 29.7–3.9)* 32.9  − 9.0 (− 26.6–11.3)* 31.4  − 6.7 (− 24.9–6.3)* 0.60
 Processed meat 3.8  − 0.7 (− 3.8–1.6)* 3.5  − 0.6 (− 3.5–1.5)* 0.75 4.3  − 1.0 (− 4.6–1.9) 3.2  − 0.5 (− 4.4–1.2)* 3.8  − 0.9 (− 3.5–1.0)* 3.3  − 0.2 (− 3.3–2.2) 0.60
 Milk and dairy products 176.5  − 1.5 (− 81.4–68.1)* 193.2 0.0 (− 85.2–86.7) 0.25 200.0 30.4 (− 57.1–120.7) 200.0  − 14.1 (− 121.8–96.8) 192.7 5.3 (− 60.3–88.5) 180.4  − 2.8 (− 92.6–63.2) 0.08
 Green tea 300.0 0.0 (− 120.0–180.0)* 300.0 0.0 (− 180.0–205.7) 0.88 300.0 0.0 (0.0–300.0) 300.0 0.0 (− 300.0–274.3) 300.0 0.0 (− 180.0–274.3) 300.0 0.0 (− 180.0–120.0) 0.12
 Coffee 79.3 0.0 (− 53.6–25.7)* 60.0 0.0 (− 53.6–0.0)* 0.11 25.7 0.0 (− 53.6–0.0) 25.7 0.0 (− 60.0–0.0) 79.3 0.0 (− 53.6–25.7) 25.7 0.0 (− 53.6–0.0) 0.52
 Soft drinks 0.0 0.0 (− 42.9–0.0)* 0.0 0.0 (− 42.9–0.0)* 0.32 0.0 0.0 (− 42.9–0.0) 0.0 0.0 (− 42.9–0.0) 0.0 0.0 (− 42.9–0.0)* 0.0 0.0 (− 42.9–0.0)* 0.34

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 female controls and survivors of specific cancer types. Statistical significance was set at P < .01 for both test.

Significant values are in [bold]