Fecal microbes, short chain fatty acids, and colorectal cancer across racial/ethnic groups

Table 3 Dietary intake by race/ethnicity and by African Americans vs all others

Food frequency question	Percent reporting “daily” intake (frequency) or≥4 servings/d (servings)				Race/ethnicityP value1	AA or all othersP value1
	AA	AI	Hispanic	White
Frequency2
Vegetables	100	0	40	80	0.0034	0.205
Fruit	80	40	40	40	0.664	0.736
Cultured Food	0	20	20	40	0.450	0.128
Foods with probiotics	0	0	20	0	0.0474	1.000
Servings3
Vegetables	40	0	0	0	0.375	0.0274
Fruit	40	0	0	0	0.119	0.0314

¹χ², Fisher’s exact test;

²Frequency responses were the following: daily, weekly, monthly, rarely, never. All responses were included in the analyses;

³Servings responses were the following and were requested per day: none, 1, 2-3, 4 or more. All responses were included in the analyses;

⁴Statistically significant difference detected among or between groups. AA: African Americans; AI: American Indians.