Table 4 Mean Score of Dietary Quality Indices among Breast Cancer Patients and Control Group

DQI indices

 DQI-I

51.21(10.33)

53.31 (10.95)

0.025

 DED

1.23(0.20)

1.20 (0.23)

0.171

 MAR

1.41(0.46)

1.59 (0.51)

 < 0.001

NAR of different nutrients

 Zinc(mg/d)

1.47(0.47)

1.61 (0.50)

0.001

 Iron (mg/d)

1.12(0.55)

0.90 (0.33)

 < 0.001

 Calcium (mg/d)

1.21(0.46)

1.33 (0.45)

0.003

 Vitamin C(mg/d)

2.12(1.18)

2.63(1.05)

 < 0.001

 Vitamin D (mcg/d)

0.13(0.22)

0.18 (0.20)

0.012

 Vitamin B2 (mg/d)

1.94(0.69)

2.25 (0.70)

 < 0.001

 Vitamin B1 (mcg/d)

1.66(0.62)

1.54 (0.55)

0.027

 Vitamin A (mg/d)

0.98(0.69)

1.34 (0.77)

 < 0.001

 Magnesium (mg/d)

1.19(0.38)

1.29 (0.42)

0.003

 Vitamin B12 (mcg/d)

2.30(1.61)

2.79 (1.88)

0.002