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Are women with breast cancer more likely to follow dietary recommendations and have sufficient vitamin A intake compared to healthy controls?

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Rodrigues V,Priscylla

Anusca M,Karine

Vaz G,Larissa

Silva-Correia,Elisa

Sá A,Marina de

Martins S,Jéssika

Marques GM,Jordana

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https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-75182019000600683
Abstract
ABSTRACT To evaluate differences in dietary habits among women with breast cancer versus healthy controls. We conducted a case-control study with 160 women with and without cancer, pairing 1:1. Socio-demographic variables and food consumption were investigated through three food recalls, which was corrected for energy variation using the residual method. Data analysis was performed using Kolmogorov- Smirnov, Student's t, Mann-Whitney/Wilcoxon Two-Sample tests and calculating odds ratios with level of significance of p<0.05. The majority (87.5%) of women with breast cancer did not follow dietary recommendations. Women with breast cancer (cases) had higher odds of not following dietary recommendations compared to controls (OR= 3.37, 95%CI= 1.50-7.58, p= 0.004). Regarding consumption of micro and macronutrients, breast cancer patients had increased odds of insufficient vitamin A intake compared to controls (OR= 2.46, 95%CI= 1.19-5.05, p<0.01). The results suggest the women with breast cancer are more likely to not follow dietary recommendation and have insufficient consumption of vitamin A compared to women without breast cancer.
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