Adherence to Lifelines Diet Score (LLDS) Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer (BrCa): A Case-Control Study

Table 3

Dietary consumption of the 12 components included in the Lifelines Diet Score (LLDS) in grams per 1000 kcal among participants study (base case and control groups) and quartiles of LLDS.

	Groups, mean (SD)		value^a	Quartiles of LLDS, mean (SD)		value^a
	Case (n = 253)	Control (n = 267)		Q1	Q4
LLDS score	34.72 (5.85)	37.42 (5.32)	<0.001	28.66 (2.19)	43.87 (2.78)	<0.001
Positive components
Vegetables	113.60 (55.70)	128.86 (48.96)	0.001	89.47 (37.69)	159.81 (51.43)	<0.001
Fruits	168.43 (85.70)	187.44 (67.71)	0.005	140.70 (76.29)	225.03 (77.74)	<0.001
Whole grain products	36.07 (29.73)	33.32 (30.08)	0.295	24.04 (21.60)	41.82 (26.12)	<0.001
Legumes and nuts	12.55 (10.20)	16.63 (9.66)	<0.001	11.59 (10.30)	19.15 (9.85)	<0.001
Fish	4.50 (5.07)	5.39 (5.52)	0.058	3.25 (3.86)	7.10 (7.05)	<0.001
Oils and soft margarines	0.30 (0.72)	0.38 (0.73)	0.206	0.04 (0.11)	0.76 (1.05)	<0.001
Unsweetened dairy	194.18 (106.59)	197.69 (116.36)	0.721	147.86 (87.44)	242.81 (117.06)	<0.001
Coffee	0.02 (0.08)	0.00 (0.02)	0.008	0.00 (0.02)	0.02 (0.06)	0.211
Tea	1.23 (0.94)	1.21 (0.79)	0.845	1.16 (1.00)	1.26 (0.76)	0.784
Negative components
Red and processed meat	12.98 (8.86)	11.01 (6.49)	0.004	15.91 (10.00)	9.81 (6.19)	<0.001
Butter, hard margarines	14.26 (8.42)	13.92 (8.76)	0.659	18.59 (9.50)	9.44 (5.73)	<0.001
Sugar-sweetened beverages	33.24 (37.08)	22.63 (23.57)	<0.001	45.55 (43.33)	16.18 (11.63)	<0.001

^aObtained from ANOVA.