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).