3.2 Dietary intakes in children with cancer and healthy
controls
Table 2 shows comparisons of dietary intake between the cancer
and healthy control groups. Macronutrients were analyzed both on the net
weight of intake and the percentage they took up in total intake based
on calories. The cancer group had a significantly higher total daily
calories intake (P = 0.047) while there were no significant
differences of percentage intake of macronutrients between the two
groups. As for micronutrients and trace elements, the cancer group had a
significantly higher intake in vitamin E (P = 0.026), vitamin C
(P = 0.022), and selenium (P = 0.027).