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. 2019 Jul 4;11(7):1521. doi: 10.3390/nu11071521

Table 4.

SF-36 Health Survey and Profile of Mood States at baseline and week 8, including between group differences (n = 33) 1.

MedPork Diet LF Diet Estimated Mean Difference between Interventions (MedPork vs LF) at 8 Weeks 3 p 4
Normative Data 2 Baseline Week 8 Baseline Week 8
Mean (SD) Mean + SE Mean + SE Mean + SE Mean + SE (95% CI)
SF-36 Health Survey
Physical functioning 5 92.5 (13.4) 81.57 ± 2.88 85.82 ± 2.96 83.56 ± 2.96 83.47 ± 2.95 0.95 (0.64, 1.38) 0.80
Role physical 5 91.4 (23.2) 84.58 ± 3.19 91.54 ± 3.35 84.88 ± 3.13 88.95 ± 3.33 0.71 (0.38, 1.32) 0.27
Bodily pain 86.3 (17.9) 71.54 ± 3.36 78.66 ± 3.47 75.72 ± 3.33 74.74 ± 3.47 3.92 (−1.84, 9.67) 0.18
General health 78.8 (15.7) 68.84 ± 3.39 74.18 ± 3.46 71.12 ± 3.38 74.99 ± 3.45 −0.80 (−5.14, 3.54) 0.72
Vitality 64.0 (18.2) 61.45 ± 3.05 65.51 ± 3.19 64.11 ± 3.02 67.89 ±3.18 −2.37 (−8.54, 3.79) 0.45
Social functioning 5 91.3 (15.8) 89.96 ± 2.80 89.93 ± 2.97 89.64 ± 2.73 91.71 ± 2.95 1.05 (0.56, 2.00) 0.87
Role emotional 5 85.6 (29.3) 93.26 ± 2.22 96.87 ± 2.33 91.67 ± 2.18 91.30 ± 2.32 0.55 (0.32, 1.05) 0.03
Mental health 5 75.4 (16.3) 82.97 ±1.96 85.80 ±2.01 83.70 ±1.92 83.61 ±1.98 0.83 (0.66, 1.05) 0.10
Physical component score - 49.60 +1.34 52.27 + 1.36 50.98 + 1.34 51.61 + 1.37 0.65 (−1.23, 2.54) 0.47
Mental component score - 54.92 + 1.08 55.68 + 1.11 55.00 + 1.08 54.40 + 1.12 1.29 (−0.63, 3.20) 0.19
POMS
Tension 5 7.0 (5.5) 5.27 ±0.75 4.54 ±0.76 5.29 ±0.76 5.20 ±0.76 0.87 (0.71, 1.07) 0.20
Depression 5 7.1 (8.4) 3.50 ± 0.63 2.36 ± 0.64 3.21 ± 0.63 3.59 ± 0.63 0.77 (0.58, 1.02) 0.08
Anger 5 6.6 (6.7) 3.81 ± 0.67 3.01 ± 0.67 3.06 ± 0.67 3.71 ± 0.67 0.85 (0.68, 1.10) 0.20
Confusion 5 5.2 (4.1) 4.34 ± 0.57 3.97 ± 0.58 4.21 ± 0.58 3.89 ± 0.59 1.10 (0.91, 1.29) 0.36
Fatigue 5 7.3 (5.7) 5.85 ± 0.75 5.14 ± 0.77 6.09 ± 0.77 6.53 ± 0.77 0.87 (0.68, 1.12) 0.31
Vigour 20.2 (6.2) 18.36 ± 1.11 19.15 ± 0.12 17.90 ± 1.12 18.12 ± 1.12 1.03 (−0.23, 2.28) 0.11
Total Mood Disturbance 5 12.7 (29.6) 5.81 ±0.32 5.41 ±0.32 5.77 ±0.32 5.80 ±0.32 0.87 (0.72, 1.05) 0.12

1 Values are mean ± SE., excluding norms which are presented as mean (SD) 2 Normative values of SF-36 are based on healthy adults aged 18-64 years [6]; normative values of POMS are based on healthy adults aged ≥25 years [7], 3 Estimated marginal mean difference from linear mixed effects models, 4 Adjusted for differences between treatments, 5 Transformed variable: Observed mean ± SE are presented together with rate ratio change in the geometric mean and associated p-value.