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. 2022 Sep;47(5):422–432. doi: 10.30476/IJMS.2021.90829.2180

Table 1.

Changes in food intake from baseline to follow-up in the MIND diet group vs. control group

MIND diet group (n=22) Control group (n=15)
Foods Baseline Follow-up P value Baseline Follow-up P value
Green leafy vegetables (serving/week)α 3.72±0.55 5.50±0.51 <0.001 3.60±0.50 3.93±0.25 <0.019
Other vegetables (serving/week)β 3.86±0.63 6.90±0.52 <0.001 3.93±0.25 4.00±0.65 <0.670
Berries (serving/week) 0.90±0.42 2.00±0.00 <0.001 0.93±0.25 0.73±0.59 <0.189
Nuts (serving/month) 4.45±1.01 4.63±0.49 0.478 4.53±0.63 3.73±0.59 <0.001
Olive oil (primary oil)* 0 1 <0.001 0 0 1
Butter, margarine (Table spoon/day) 1.50±0.59 0.63±0.49 <0.001 1.20±0.41 0.46±0.51 <0.001
Cheese (servings/week) 6.40±0.50 1.68±0.56 <0.001 6.33±0.48 6.33±0.48 <0.001
Whole grains (serving/day) 1.00±0.00 2.18±0.39 <0.001 1.00±0.00 0.33±0.48 <0.001
Fish (not fried) (meals/month) 1.22±0.42 2.45±0.50 <0.001 1.33±0.48 1.00±0.00 <0.019
Beans (meal/week) 1.36±0.49 2.92±0.52 <0.001 1.46±0.51 1.60±0.50 <0.164
Poultry (not fried) (meal/week) 2.09±0.29 2.86±0.35 <0.001 2.13±0.35 2.00±0.37 <0.164
Red meat and products (meals/week) 2.36±0.49 2.00±0.00 0.002 2.46±0.51 2.40±0.50 0.334
Fast fried foods (times/week) 1.18±0.39 0.45±0.50 <0.001 1.26±0.45 0.93±0.23 0.019
Pastries and sweets (servings/week) 4.77±0.68 2.50±0.51 <0.001 4.73±0.79 2.60±0.50 <0.001

αKale, collards, greens; spinach; lettuce/tossed salad. βGreen/red peppers, squash, cooked carrots, raw carrots, broccoli, celery, potatoes, peas or lima beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, string beans, beets, corn, zucchini/summer squash/eggplant, coleslaw, potato salad. Beans, lentils, soybeans. Calculated using MIND diet score questionnaire and three-day food recall, using pair sample t test and *using Man-Whitney t test.