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Table 4 Adherence to the Mediterranean diet assessed with the PREDIMED questionnaire

From: Mediterranean diet in axial spondyloarthritis: an observational study in an Italian monocentric cohort

 

T0

T6

T0–T6 change

 

All patients

N

C

All patients

N

C

All patients

N

C

Total score, mean ± SD*

6.7 ± 1.8

7 ± 2.1

6.6 ± 1.6

7.6 ± 2.1

8.6 ± 1.9

6.8 ± 2

1 ± 2.3

1.6 ± 2.4

0.4 ± 2

Lowest adherence, n (%)

25 (22.7)

10 (21.3)

15 (23.8)

16 (14)

2 (4.3)

14 (22.6)

–

–

–

Moderate adherence, n (%)

85 (77.3)

37 (78.7)

48 (76.2)

71 (64)

28 (59.6)

43 (67.9)

–

–

–

Highest adherence, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

23 (22)

17 (36.2)

6 (9.4)

–

–

–

       

T0–T6 change

Question 1, n (%)

87 (79.1)

37 (78.7)

50 (79.4)

90 (82)

42 (89.4)

48 (75.5)

8 (7)

7 (12.8)¶

1 (1.9)¶

Question 2, n (%)

27 (24.5)

13 (27.7)

14 (22.2)

23 (21)

13 (27.7)

10 (15.1)

11 (9)

9 (15)¶

2 (3.8)¶

Question 3, n (%)

55 (50)

24 (51.1)

31 (49.2)

69 (63)

35 (72.3)

34 (54.7)

28 (25)

16 (31.9)

12 (18.9)

Question 4, n (%)

22 (20)

11 (23.4)

11 (17.5)

29 (26)

19 (38.3)°

10 (15.1)°

15 (14)

13 (25.5)¶

2 (3.8)¶

Question 5, n (%)

76 (69.1)

31 (66)

45 (71.4)

87 (79)

37 (78.7)

50 (79.2)

25 (22.7)

8 (17)

17 (26.4)

Question 6, n (%)

100 (90.9)

40 (85.1)

60 (95.2)

105 (94)

43 (91.5)

62 (96.2)

6(6)

5 (10.6)

1 (1.9)

Question 7, n (%)

78 (70.9)

34 (72.3)

44 (69.8)

93 (85)

41 (87.2)

52 (83)

21 (19)

10 (21.3)

11 (17)

Question 8, n (%)

17 (15.5)

7 (14.9)

10 (15.9)

18 (16)

8 (17)

10 (15.1)

8 (7)

3 (6.4)

5 (7.5)

Question 9, n (%)

20 (18.2)

11 (23.4)

9 (14.3)

31 (28)

17 (34)

14 (22.6)

18 (16)

8 (17)

10 (15.1)

Question 10, n (%)

15 (13.6)

7 (14.9)

8 (12.7)

24 (22)

17 (34)°

7 (11.3)°

16 (15)

10 (21.3)

6 (9.4)

Question 11, n (%)

68 (61.8)

30 (63.8)

38 (60.3)

78 (71)

34 (72.3)

44 (69.8)

25 (23)

14 (29.8)

11 (17)

Question 12, n (%)

23 (20.9)

14 (29.8)•

9 (14.3)•

36 (33)

26 (53.2)

10 (15.1)

19 (17.3)

14 (29.8)¶

5 (7.9)¶

Question 13, n (%)

73 (66.4)

35 (74.5)

38 (60.3)

80 (73)

43 (89.4)°

37 (58.5)°

20 (18)

10 (21.3)

10 (15.1)

Question 14, n (%)

80 (72.7)

34 (72.3)

46 (73)

88 (80)

40 (85.1)

48 (75.5)

15 (14)

8 (17)

7 (11.3)

  1. N nutritional group, C control group
  2. *No significant differences between C and N were observed in T0 values, while a significant difference was observed in T6 values (p<0.01) and in the T0–T6 change (p = 0.020)
  3. •A significant difference between N and C was observed in question 12 (p = 0.048) at T0
  4. °A significant difference between N and C was observed in question 4 (p = 0.008), in question 10 (p = 0.006), and in question 13 (p = 0.001) at T6
  5. ¶A significative difference between N and C was observed in the T0–T6 change of question 1 (p = 0.033), question 4 (p = 0.002), and question 12 (p = 0.004), while for question 2 it was almost significant (p = 0.052)
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