Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diets and breast cancer among women: a case control study

Heidari, Zeinab; Mohammadi, Elahe; Aghamohammadi, Vahideh; Jalali, Saba; Rezazadeh, Arezoo; Sedaghat, Fatemeh; Assadi, Mojan; Rashidkhani, Bahram

doi:10.1186/s12885-020-07209-1

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Characteristics of subjects according to category or quintiles of 4 DASH diet index scores

From: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diets and breast cancer among women: a case control study

	Dixon’s DASH index^a			Mellen’s DASH index			Fung’s DASH index			Günther’sDASH index
	< 1 point	≥4 points	P-value	Quintile 1	Quintile 5	P-value	Quintile 1	Quintile 5	P-value	Quintile 1	Quintile 5	P-value
Median score
Cases	1	2		1	4		17	31		53	70
Control	1	2		1	4		19	31		54	70
Number
Cases	61	17		39	24		44	26		41	30
Control	89	38		51	56		53	46		53	53
Age
Case	48.0 ± 10.0^b	51.0 ± 10.0	0.38	48.0 ± 11.0	49.0 ± 10.0	0.31	47.0 ± 10.0	50.0 ± 9.0	0.20	46.0 ± 10.0	50.0 ± 9.0	0.20
Control	47.0 ± 10.0	49.0 ± 10.0	0.20	43.0 ± 7.0	49.0 ± 11.0	0.03	47.0 ± 9.0	51.0 ± 8.0	0.01	49.0 ± 10.0	45.0 ± 12.0	0.25
Weight
Case	73.0 (20. 0)^c	74.0 (15.0)	0.82	75.0 (22.0)	72.0 (18.0)	0.92	73.0 (16.0)	75.00 (14.0)	0.25	76.0 (26.0)	72.0 (22.0)	0.82
control	72.0 (20.0)	68.0 (20.0)	0.56	68.0 (12.0)	75.0 (19.0)	0.03	72.0 (13.0)	71.00 (10.0)	0.99	72.0 (19.0)	70.00 (23.0)	0.47
Height
Case	158.0 (7.0)^c	160.0 (4.0)	0.32	158.0 (10)	155.0 (9.0)	0.43	158.0 (4.0)	157.0 (5.0)	0.58	159.0 (7.0)	157.0 (9.0)	0.13
Control	159.0 (8.0)	158.0 (5.0)	0.72	157.0 (6.0)	160.0 (9.0)	0.14	159.0 (5.0)	158.0 (5.0)	0.45	158.0 (8.0)	158.0 (28.0)	0.94
BMI
Case	28.0 (8.0)^c	28.0 (17.0)	0.31	29.0 (7.0)	29.0 (6.0)	0.99	29.0 (6.0)	30.0 (5.0)	0.12	28.0 (8.0)	29.0 (7.0)	0.56
Control	28.0 (6.0)	27.0 (6.0)	0.64	27.0 (4.0)	29.0 (6.0)	0.34	28.0 (5.0)	28.0 (4.0)	0.96	28.0 (6.0)	27.0 (9.0)	0.73
Energy intake
Case	2167.0 (635.0)^c	3210.0 (470.0)	< 0.001	2558.0 (921.0)	2764.0 (925.09)	0.17	2200.0 (614.0)	2914.0 (951.0)	< 0.001	2012.0 (320.0)	2778.0 (803.0)	< 0.001
Control	2177.0 (631.0)	3411.0 (1412.0)	< 0.001	2541.0 (1021.0)	2622.0 (1069.0)	0.95	2355.0 (784.0)	3307.0 (1245.0)	< 0.001	1962.0 (377.0)	3199.0 (1616.0)	< 0.001
Physical activity score
Case	31.0 (5.0)^c	33.0 (8.0)	0.13	32.0 (5.0)	33.0 (6.0)	0.10	30.0 (7.0)	33.0 (6.0)	0.08	32.0 (7.0)	32.0 (5.0)	0.95
Control	31.0 (5.0)	32.0 (7.0)	0.86	31.0 (5.0)	33.0 (6.0)	0.26	31.0 95.0)	33.0 (6.0)	0.03	32.0 (5.0)	32.0 (5.0)	0.59
Menarche age
Case	14.0 (1.0)^c	14.0 (2.0)	0.58	13.0 (2.0)	13.0 (2.0)	0.39	14.0 (1.0)	13.0 (2.0)	0.74	14.0 (2.0)	14.0 (2.0)	0.71
Control	13.0 (1.0)	14.0 (2.0)	0.02	13.0 (1.0)	14.0 (2.0)	0.02	13.0 (2.0)	14.0 (2.0)	0.17	13.0 (1.0)	14.0 (1.0)	0.82
Menopause status
Case status			0.004			< 0.001			< 0.001
Premenopause	29 (47.5)^d	6 (35)		19 (49)	13 (54)		21 (48)	11 (42)		9 (46)	15 (50)	< 0.001
Postmenopause	32 (52.5)	11 (65)		20 (51)	11 (36)		23 (52)	15 (58)		22 (54)	15 (50)
Control status			0.06			< 0.001			0.01			< 0.001
Premenopause	52 (58)	19 (50)		34 (68)	30 (53.5)		28 (52)	17 (37)		27 (51)	30 (56)
Postmenopause	38 (42)	19 (50)		16 (32)	26 (46.5)		25 (48)	29 (63)		26 (49)	23 (44)

^aDixon’s DASH index scores were grouped into 4 categories [≤1 (n = 151), 2 (n = 101), 3 (n = 94), and ≥ 4 (n = 55) points] because of a limited range of values. DASH, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
^bMean ± SE (all such values)
^cMedian (IQR) (all such values)
^dNumber (Percent) (all such values)

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