Table 3 a Median (25th, 75th percentiles) nutrient intakes of newly diagnosed cancer patients from the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia (per day)
Nutrients | RNI | Overall | 20-50 yrs | RNI | Overall | 51-70 yrs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men, Women | Men (n = 20) | Women (n = 20) | Men, Women | Men (n = 15) | Women (n = 15) | Intake per 1000 KJ | |||
Energy (Kcal) | 10248-10332, 8400-9156 | 6271 (4813, 8064) | 6791 (5145, 9463) | 5615 (4523, 6808) | 8442, 7476 | 5338 (4553, 7745) | 7132 (5426, 8854)b | 4721 (3818, 5246) | - |
Macronutrients | |||||||||
Carbohydrate (g) | - | 193 (154, 283) | 230 (163, 332) | 187 (152, 249) | - | 187 (134, 250) | 235 (183, 273)b | 137 (109, 196) | 33.7 (29.3, 38.0) |
% Energy from CHO | 55-70% | 59.0 | 58.2 | 59.8 | 53.8 | 54.9 | 52.9 | ||
Protein (g) | 62, 55 | 57 (36, 88) | 69 (38, 96) | 54 (35, 61) | 59, 51 | 55 (36, 72) | 72 (55, 101)c | 37 (35, 56) | 8.5 (7.4, 10.7) |
% Energy from Protein | 10-15% | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 19.7 | 14.5 | ||
Fat (g) | - | 42 (26, 58) | 52 (25, 67) | 37 (26, 47) | - | 39 (27, 60) | 49 (30, 62) | 28 (25, 53) | 6.7 (5.0, 8.8) |
% Energy from Fat | 20-30% | 24.5 | 24.9 | 24.1 | 26.7 | 25.8 | 27.8 | ||
Macrominerals | |||||||||
Calcium (mg) | 800, 800 | 264 (201, 391) | 295 (194, 377) | 250 (208, 452) | 1000, 1000 | 249 (173, 404) | 306 (156, 464) | 217 (173, 301) | 173.9 (133.5, 261.8) |
Phosphorus (mg) | - | 763 (528, 1402) | 1175 (576, 1629) | 720 (528, 854) | - | 739 (579, 1147) | 974 (716, 1231)b | 579 (415, 895) | 132.6 (103.5, 170.6) |
Micronutrients | |||||||||
Iron (mg) | 14, 29 | 10.8 (6.7, 16.9) | 11.2 (6.7, 16.6) | 10.1 (7.0, 16.9) | 14, 11 | 7.7 (5.6, 14.8) | 13.9 (6.9, 18.1)b | 6.5 (4.3, 10.6) | 1.6 (1.1, 2.2) |
RE (μg) | 600 | 438 (288, 667) | 467 (300, 667) | 436 (288, 757) | 600 | 573 (304, 857) | 582 (350, 857) | 467 (300, 667) | 83 (50, 114) |
Thiamine (mg) | 1.2, 1.1 | 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.4) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) | 1.2, 1.1 | 0.6 (0.5, 0.9) | 0.8 (0.4, 1.3) | 0.6 (0.5, 0.6) | 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) |
Riboflavin (mg) | 1.3, 1.1 | 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) | 0.8 (0.4, 1.2) | 1.3, 1.1 | 1.0 (0.7, 1.5) | 1.5 (0.9, 1.7)b | 0.7 (0.5, 1.2) | 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) |
Niacin (mg) | 16, 14 | 9 (6, 14) | 10 (6, 17) | 8 (6, 13) | 16, 14 | 6 (5, 12) | 12 (6, 26)c | 5.0 (4, 6) | 1.2 (1.0, 2.2) |
Vitamin C (mg) | 70, 70 | 35 (20, 49) | 25 (11, 43)b | 43 (34, 57) | 70, 70 | 38 (26, 60) | 40 (26, 76) | 38 (19, 59) | 5.7 (3.9, 9.6) |