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Table 2 Comparison of food and energy intake of the study subjects

From: Fatty fish and fish omega-3 fatty acid intakes decrease the breast cancer risk: a case-control study

 

Total

Premenopausal women

Postmenopausal women

 

Control

Case

P

Control

Case

p

Control

Case

P

 

(n = 360)

(n = 358)

 

(n = 196)

(n = 210)

 

(n = 164)

(n = 148)

 

Total fish (g/day)

24.1 ± 21.1/17.5

21.8 ± 21.3/15.5

0.012

22.9 ± 18.1/18.2

21.7 ± 21.1/14.8

0.214

25.6 ± 24.1/17.1

22.0 ± 21.8/16.2

0.022

   Lean fish

12.0 ± 11.2/8.5

14.1 ± 14.9/9.2

0.916

10.6 ± 8.5/8.3

13.4 ± 14.1/8.5

0.494

13.6 ± 13.6/9.4

15.1 ± 16.1/10.5

0.637

   Fatty fish

12.1 ± 13.4/8.1

7.6 ± 9.7/4.5

< 0.001

12.3 ± 13.1/8.7

8.2 ± 10.3/5.0

< 0.001

11.9 ± 13.9/6.3

6.8 ± 8.8/3.6

< 0.001

   ω-3 fatty acid (g/day)

0.228 ± 0.278/0.143

0.168 ± 0.227/0.090

< 0.001

0.216 ± 0.294/0.128

0.179 ± 0.244/0.098

0.089

0.242 ± 0.259/0.157

0.152 ± 0.201/0.079

< 0.001

   EPA(20:5n-3)

0.085 ± 0.147/0.041

0.054 ± 0.089/0.025

< 0.001

0.083 ± 0.172/0.035

0.057 ± 0.098/0.027

0.017

0.089 ± 0.111/0.044

0.050 ± 0.075/0.022

< 0.001

   DHA(22:6n-3)

0.174 ± 0.261/0.092

0.115 ± 0.174/0.056

< 0.001

0.166 ± 0.296/0.082

0.123 ± 0.192/0.061

0.084

0.184 ± 0.213/0.105

0.104 ± 0.146/0.051

< 0.001

Energy (kcal/day)

1752.5 ± 548.5

1813.8 ± 492.9

0.032

1797.6 ± 574.9

1811.1 ± 460.8

0.353

1698.5 ± 511.6

1817.8 ± 536.8

0.039

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation/median.
  2. EPA: Eicosapentaenoic acid, DHA: Docosahexaenoic acid
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