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.