Table 2.
Adherence to Mediterranean diet at baseline (n = 115 MHO participants) vs. after 2 years (n = 67 MHO participants) of lifestyle modification, according to percentage of weight loss.
| Weight loss group | Baseline | 2 years | p | |
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| Very low adherence (n (%)) | <5% | 3 (6.4) | 0 (0.0) | — |
| ≥5-<10% | 2 (7.4) | 0 (0.0) | — | |
| ≥10% | 4 (13.3) | 0 (0.0) | — | |
| All | 9 (8.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | |
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| Low adherence (n (%)) | <5% | 16 (34.0) | 6 (27.3) | 0.006 |
| ≥5-<10% | 13 (48.1) | 0 (0.0) | — | |
| ≥10% | 11 (36.7) | 1 (5.0) | <0.001 | |
| All | 40 (41.6) | 7 (12.7) | 0.001 | |
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| Moderate adherence (n (%)) | <5% | 28 (59.6) | 14 (63.6) | 0.01 |
| ≥5-<10% | 12 (44.4) | 12 (92.3) | 0.006 | |
| ≥10% | 15 (50.0) | 10 (50.0) | 0.824 | |
| All | 55 (50.4) | 36 (65.5) | 0.003 | |
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| High adherence (n (%)) | <5% | 0 (0.0) | 2 (9.1) | — |
| ≥5-<10% | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.7) | — | |
| ≥10% | 0 (0.0) | 9 (45.0) | — | |
| All | 0 (0.0) | 12 (21.8) | — | |
Group 1: weight loss <5% (baseline, n = 47; 2nd year, n = 23); Group 2: weight loss ≥5-<10% (baseline, n = 27; 2nd year, n = 22); Group 3: weight loss ≥10% (baseline, n = 30; 2nd year, n = 22). Adherence to Mediterranean diet was measured as follows: very low adherence <5 points, low adherence ≥5-<8 points, moderate adherence ≥8-<12 points, and high adherence ≥12 points.