Table 3.
Evaluation of study groups’ adherence to the Mediterranean diet and to treatment, degree of physical activity, smoking habits, and alcohol intake during the study (intra) and at the end of follow-up (inter).
| [N] n (%) |
Study Group | Inter-Group p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Intervention | ||||
| Baseline | Follow-Up | Baseline | Follow-Up | ||
| Adherence to the Mediterranean diet Low Moderate High |
[N = 235] 47 (20.00%) 160 (68.09%) 28 (11.91%) |
[N = 170] 24 (14.12%) 128 (75.29%) 18 (10.59%) |
[N = 227] 47 (20.70%) 161 (70.93%) 19 (8.37%) |
[N = 181] 21 (11.60%) 131 (72.38%) 29 (16.02%) |
0.115 |
| Intra-group p-value | 0.463 | <0.001 | |||
| Degree of physical activity Low Moderate Vigorous |
[N = 235] 84 (35.74%) 125 (53.19%) 26 (11.06%) |
[N = 170] 66 (38.82%) 84 (49.41%) 20 (11.76%) |
[N = 227] 80 (35.24%) 116 (51.10%) 31 (13.66%) |
[N = 181] 74 (40.88%) 84 (46.41%) 23 (12.71%) |
0.827 |
| Intra-group p-value | 0.636 | 0.151 | |||
| Adherence to treatment High Moderate-high Moderate-low Low-moderate Low |
[N = 226] 143 (63.27%) 70 (30.97%) 8 (3.54%) 4 (1.77%) 1 (0.44%) |
[N = 156] 126 (80.77%) 21 (13.46%) 4 (2.56%) 1 (0.64%) 4 (2.56%) |
[N = 218] 129 (59.17%) 68 (31.19%) 17 (7.80%) 3 (1.38%) 1 (0.46%) |
[N = 163] 133 (81.60%) 24 (14.72%) 5 (3.07%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.61%) |
0.689 |
| Intra-group p-value | 0.002 | <0.001 | |||
| Smoking habit, n (%) Non-smoker Former smoker (<1 year) Former smoker (≥1 year) Smoker |
93 (39.41%) 5 (2.12%) 64 (27.12%) 74 (31.36%) |
78 (42.16%) 3 (1.62%) 48 (25.95%) 56 (30.27%) |
63 (27.63%) 8 (3.52%) 77 (33.92%) 79 (34.80%) |
55 (28.80%) 5 (2.62%) 71 (37.17%) 60 (31.41%) |
0.609 |
| Intra-group p-value | 0.206 | 0.131 | |||
| Alcohol intake, n (%) | 120 (50.85%) | 78 (45.88%) | 134 (59.03%) | 82 (44.57%) | 0.979 |
| Intra-group p-value | 0.052 | <0.001 | |||