Table 1.
Change in psychological symptoms after 1-month on the low glutamate diet.
| N = 39 | Pre-diet | Post-diet | P -value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | |||
| Anxiety (GAD-7) | 9.5 (7.0) | 6.6 (6.5) | <0.001a |
| PTSD (PCL-C) | 52.4 (18.4) | 41.8 (17.5) | <0.001b |
| Depression (CES-D) | 27.8 (13.5) | 18.7 (11.2) | <0.001b |
| N (%) | P -valuec | ||
| Meets criteria for anxiety | 16 (41%) | 10 (26%) | 0.07 |
| Meets criteria for PTSD | 33 (85%) | 26 (67%) | 0.02 |
| Meets criteria for depression | 30 (77%) | 21 (54%) | 0.05 |
a
Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
b
Paired-samples t-test.
c
McNemar test. Bold, significant at Bonferroni corrected p-value of 0.016.