Sex-Specific Factors Associated With Diet Quality in Cancer Survivors: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) 2008-2019.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have shown the inverse association between diet quality and cancer mortality. Therefore, this study aims to discover the factors that affect diet quality among cancer survivors. We analyzed the 12 years of Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, which included 2,756 cancer survivors. We analyzed 30 factors considered to be associated with diet quality. As a result, factors related to diet quality differed between males and females. A male cancer survivor who is aged < 65, living with members of the household, living without a spouse, having a lower household income, a blue-collar worker, a beneficiary of national basic livelihood, sleeping > 9 hours a day, unaware of a nutritional fact label, insecure in food, non-user of dietary supplements, not on di

SUBMITTER: Jung S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11832294 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature