Table 1 Details of the 1,523 portions of food ingested by the 25 food diary study participants, and reports of nosebleed effects in the 2013 HHT Survey
2011 7-day weighed food diary | 2013 HHT Survey on Nosebleeds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total reports | Food item seemed to bring on nosebleeds | Food item seemed to help nosebleeds | ||||||
Category | Number ingesting | Total Portions | Tertile of ingestion | Number ingesting | Number reporting | % | Number reporting | % |
Sweets | 6 | 21 | 1 | 259 | 18 | 6.95 | 0 | 0.00 |
Strawberries/other berries | 10 | 24 | 1 | 260 | 25 | 9.62 | 5 | 1.92 |
Beans and lentils | 11 | 16 | 1 | 258 | 2 | 0.78 | 4 | 1.55 |
Savory biscuits | 13 | 21 | 1 | 238 | 5 | 2.10 | 0 | 0.00 |
Citrus fruits | 13 | 48 | 1 | 262 | 21 | 8.02 | 2 | 0.76 |
Chocolate | 14 | 29 | 1 | 265 | 37 | 13.96 | 1 | 0.38 |
Crisps | 15 | 45 | 2 | 242 | 2 | 0.83 | 0 | 0.00 |
Bananas, melons | 16 | 56 | 2 | 260 | 9 | 3.46 | 3 | 1.15 |
Sweet biscuits | 19 | 59 | 2 | 243 | 7 | 2.88 | 0 | 0.00 |
Fast or frozen foods | 21 | 57 | 2 | 240 | 9 | 3.75 | 2 | 0.83 |
Breakfast cereals | 22 | 126 | 2 | 253 | 5 | 1.98 | 0 | 0.00 |
Cheese | 22 | 66 | 2 | 263 | 17 | 6.46 | 0 | 0.00 |
Meat or fish | 24 | 148 | 3 | 259 | 13 | 5.02 | 6 | 2.32 |
Green vegetables | 24 | 122 | 3 | 268 | 6 | 2.24 | 10 | 3.73 |
Other vegetables | 24 | 153 | 3 | 264 | 10 | 3.79 | 4 | 1.52 |
Bread | 25 | 166 | 3 | 260 | 7 | 2.69 | 1 | 0.38 |
Potatoes, rice and pasta | 25 | 84 | 3 | 262 | 5 | 1.91 | 0 | 0.00 |
Milk/yoghurt/butter | 25 | 179 | 3 | 262 | 11 | 4.20 | 3 | 1.15 |