Table 1.
Baseline assessments.
| Description | Control | Intervention | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 18) | (n = 19) | ||
| Demographic | |||
| Sex: female‡: # (%) | 16 (88.9) | 15 (78.9) | 0.66 |
| Age†: mean (Std. dev.) | 60.0 (6.3) | 56.1 (8.4) | 0.12 |
| Race: white‡: # (%) | 18 (100.0) | 16 (88.9) | 0.49 |
| Smoker: yes‡: # (%) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1.00 |
| Health conditions‡: # (%) | |||
| Hypertension: yes | 5 (27.8) | 6 (33.3) | 1.00 |
| Depression: yes | 8 (44.4) | 5 (27.8) | 0.49 |
| Clinical exam findings†: mean (Std. dev.) | |||
| BMI | 28.4 (4.5) | 29.1 (6.5) | 0.72 |
| Body temperature | 98.4 (0.9) | 98.2 (0.7) | 0.68 |
| Pulse | 75.7 (6.8) | 72.6 (9.4) | 0.27 |
| Blood pressure: systolic | 127.6 (17.6) | 123.8 (16.6) | 0.51 |
| Blood pressure: diastolic | 76.1 (7.6) | 74.1 (10.2) | 0.49 |
| Survey responses | |||
| Meat and dairy per week§: # (%) | |||
| 5–8/week | 5 (27.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.049 |
| 9–12/week | 2 (11.1) | 4 (22.2) | |
| >12/week | 11 (61.1) | 14 (77.8) | |
| SF-36v2 t scores†: mean (Std. dev.) | |||
| PF: physical functioning | 44.2 (10.5) | 39.7 (10.6) | 0.21 |
| P: role physical | 45.8 (9.9) | 40.8 (10.4) | 0.15 |
| BP: bodily pain | 40.1 (8.9) | 39.2 (7.0) | 0.72 |
| GH: general health | 49.5 (10.3) | 44.4 (10.4) | 0.15 |
| VT: energy/vitality | 47.6 (9.9) | 40.8 (7.9) | 0.03 |
| SF: social functioning | 43.3 (10.6) | 41.7 (8.6) | 0.62 |
| RE: role emotional | 44.7 (10.9) | 43.9 (9.5) | 0.81 |
| MH: mental health | 44.2 (11.4) | 42.4 (11.5) | 0.64 |
| PCS: Physical Component Summary Scale | 45.0 (8.5) | 40.2 (10.5) | 0.13 |
| MCS: Mental Component Summary Scale | 45.4 (11.2) | 43.9 (10.8) | 0.69 |
‡Fisher's exact test (two-tailed).
†Student's t-test (two-tailed).
§Chi-square test of significance.