Effect of chocolate on older patients with cancer in palliative care: a randomised controlled study

BMC Palliative Care

Table 1 Sociodemographic and baseline clinical characteristics of older patients with cancer in palliative care

Variável	CG		IG1		IG2		Full sample
Variável	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	6	40	11	69	10	67	27	59
Female	9	60	5	31	5	33	19	41
Ethnicity
Caucasian	13	87	15	94	11	73	39	85
Mulatto	2	13	1	6	1	7	4	9
Black	0	0	0	0	3	20	3	6
Education
Illiterate	3	20	0	0	3	20	6	13
Up to 8 years	6	40	13	81	9	60	28	61
9 to 11 years	1	7	2	12	0	0	3	6
More than 11 years	5	33	1	6	3	20	9	20
Marital status
Single	4	27	0	0	1	7	5	11
Married	6	40	11	69	8	53	25	54
Divorced	2	13	2	12	2	13	6	13
Widower	3	20	3	19	4	27	10	22
Religion
Catholic	11	73	12	75	7	47	30	65
Evangelical	2	13	3	19	7	47	12	26
Spiritist	1	7	1	6	1	7	3	6
Other	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	2
Occupation
Retired	11	73	8	50	13	87	32	70
Employee	4	27	8	50	2	13	14	30
Smoking habit
Former smoker	9	60	9	56	11	73	29	63
Never smoker	6	40	7	43	4	27	17	37
Alcohol abuse
Drank in the past	2	13	3	18	3	73	8	17
Never drank	13	87	13	81	12	27	38	83
Comorbidities
Arterial hypertension	5	11	7	15	8	17	20	43
Dyslipidemia	2	4	2	4	2	4	6	13
Depressive disorder	1	2	1	2	3	6	5	11
COPD	0	0	2	4	3	6	5	11
Hypothyroidism	3	6	1	2	0	0	4	9
Renal insufficiency	1	2	2	4	0	0	3	6
Heart disease	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	4
Dementia	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2
Stroke sequel	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2
Liver disease	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2
Other	5	11	3	6	2	4	10	22
Primary tumor site
Prostate	5	33	6	37	8	53	19	41
Breast	8	53	2	12	3	20	13	28
Lung	2	13	5	31	3	20	10	22
Kidney	0	0	3	19	1	7	4	9
Metastases
Yes	12	80	16	100	11	73	39	85
Previous oncologic treatment
Chemotherapy	11	73	13	81	8	53	32	70
Radiotherapy	11	73	4	25	9	60	24	52
Surgery	10	67	10	62	8	53	28	61
Hormone therapy	10	67	6	37	11	73	27	59

CG control group, IG1 intervention group 1 (chocolate with 55% cocoa), IG2 intervention group 2 (white chocolate), n number, % percentage, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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