Nutritional factors and gastric cancer in Zhoushan Islands, China

Table 2 Medians of daily intake of nutrients in gastric cancer cases and controls, Zhoushan, China

Nutrient/d	Males		Females		All
	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls
	(n = 81)	(n = 95)	(n = 22)	(n = 38)	(n = 103)	(n = 133)
Total calories (kJ)	2 963.25	3 073.16	3 002.32b	2 420.08b	2 984.54	2 937.73
Macronutrients
Protein (g)	94.21	88.33	98.34a	76.92a	95.17a	85.21a
Fat (g)	61.04	65.04	56.23a	42.65a	60.60	57.48
Saturated fat (g)	8.90	9.44	6.33a	4.64a	8.70	8.44
Mono-unsaturated fat (g)	22.42	24.47	18.29	14.92	22.38	20.82
Polyunsaturated fat (g)	16.74	16.69	14.43	14.46	16.11	16.23
Fiber (g)	10.11	10.40	9.78	9.39	10.10	10.33
Carbohydrates (g)	403.36	404.93	411.34	287.31	404.19	359.27
Cholesterol (mg)	170.75	136.44	144.57a	62.56a	160.43a	115.02a
Micronutrients
Carotene (µg)	443.54b	521.48b	455.38	827.38	443.62a	555.30a
Vitamin A (µg)	135.35a	181.01a	164.59	175.70	142.13a	179.96a
Vitamin C (mg)	42.49	38.94	49.29	61.36	43.64	41.04
Vitamin E (mg)	26.12	25.64	21.54	21.46	24.82	24.95
Mineral salts
Na (mg)	6 700.32	5 074.32	7 000.52a	4 960.27a	6 734.41a	4 963.28a
Ca (mg)	464.08	448.26	560.28	460.57	478.91	448.26
Se (µg)	57.35	49.78	53.60	56.02	53.96	52.13

^aP<0.05;

^bP<0.10 vs others.