Table 5.
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet assessed using the MedDiet score.
| MedDiet Score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | Mean | Std Dev. | Minimum and Maximum | |
| Cases and Controls (n = 73) | 32.1 | 7.1 | 31.5 | 5.4 | 12.0–42.0 |
| Controls (n = 37) | 31.1 | 8.1 | 31.2 | 4.5 | 23.0–40.0 |
| Asymptomatic (n = 18) a | 31.1 | 6.1 | 29.3 | 6.2 | 12.0–39.0 |
| Symptomatic (n = 18) b,c | 33.1 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 24.0–42.0 |
IQR: Interquantile range and Std Dev: Standard Deviation. a: p-value comparing asymptomatic cases to controls = 0.363; b: p-value comparing symptomatic cases to controls = 0.061; and c: p-value comparing symptomatic to asymptomatic cases = 0.024.