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Table 1 Baseline characteristics in breast cancer patients before intervention

From: Does a ketogenic diet have beneficial effects on quality of life, physical activity or biomarkers in patients with breast cancer: a randomized controlled clinical trial

 

Scale categories

Intervention (Ketogenic diet)

n = 30

Control (Ordinary)

n = 30

p- value

Cancer Type

Locally Advanced

25 (83.3)

19 (63.3)

0.08a

Metastatic

5 (16.7)

11 (36.7)

ER

positive

22 (73.3)

20 (66.7)

0.57a

negative

8 (26.7)

10 (33.3)

PR

positive

15 (50)

18 (60)

0.43a

negative

15 (50)

12 (40)

HER2

positive

12 (40)

13 (43.3)

0.79a

negative

18 (60)

17 (56.7)

  1. ER Estrogen receptor, PR Progesterone receptor
  2. HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
  3. aCalculated by chi square test
  4. bCategorical data shown as No (%)