case-control study of diet and gastrointestinal cancer in Alexandria

ABSTRACT

The present case control study is a trial to assess the nutrient intake of gastrointestinal cancer patients. It was carried on "40" gastrointestinal cancer patients and "40" age-sex-economic status matched controls, in Alexandria Main University Hospital. Controls were free from any gastrointestinal disorders. Dietary data collected revealed that total fat; total saturated fatty acids, the unsaturated oleic and energy intake recorded the highest significant differences in consumption between cases and controls in both males and females. In stomach cancer, vegetable fat and total fat were the two nutrients which recorded a significant higher difference in consumption between cases and controls. In colorectal cancer, total and animal fat and total energy were the nutrients which reported the highest association among other nutrients tested