Dietary Supplement Use among Adult Cancer Survivors in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many cancer patients initiate dietary supplement use after cancer diagnosis. How dietary supplement use contributes to the total nutrient intake among cancer survivors as compared with individuals without cancer needs to be determined.

Objectives

We aimed to evaluate nutrient intakes from dietary supplements among cancer survivors in relation to their total nutrient intake and compare those with individuals without cancer.

Methods

We evaluated the prevalence, dose, and reason for using dietary supplements among 2772 adult cancer survivors and 31,310 individuals without cancer who participated in the NHANES 2003-2016.

Results

Cancer survivors reported a higher prevalence of any (70.4% vs. 51.2%) and multivitamin/mineral (48.9% vs. 36.6%) supplement us

SUBMITTER: Du M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7269731 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature