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Table 2 Major dietary intakes among 60 prostatic cancer cases and 60 hospital-based controls

From: The association between dietary acid load and odds of prostate cancer: a case-control study

Variables

Case

control

p-value

Fruits (g/day)

324.02 ± 161.38

514.12 ± 380.40

< 0.001

Vegetables (g/day)

352.50 ± 155.35

501.86 ± 255.66

< 0.001

Dairies (g/day)

463.70 ± 235.05

458.95 ± 315.2

0.77

Grains (g/day)

389.19 ± 97.25

418.48 ± 95.14

0.10

White meats (g/day)

122.83 ± 72.15

119.60 ± 84.60

0.84

Read/processed meats (g/day)

114.05 ± 86.40

77.38 ± 44.20

0.01

Nuts (g/day)

7.00 ± 3.64

9.30 ± 4.25

0.11

Legumes (g/day)

47.71 ± 17.18

45.05 ± 16.25

0.59

Tea/coffee (ml/day)

373.36 ± 156.23

322.16 ± 152.32

0.19

Sweets (g/day)

72.88 ± 15.25

48.71 ± 42.32

0.01

  1. A) Data are presented as mean ± standard
  2. B) Independent sample t-test or Mann-Whitney U-test were used for comparison of quantitative variables