Table 3.
Diet quality, health-related quality of life and clinical disease activity at baseline, 1 month and 4 months
(Median values and interquartile ranges; mean values and standard deviations)
| Baseline n 195 | 1 month n 189 | 4 months n 178 | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||
| Diet quality* | |||||||
| Mean | 98 | 103 | 107 | <0·001 | |||
| SD | 19 | 21 | 21 | ||||
| Health-related quality of life† | 54 | 46–61 | 56 | 48–62 | 56 | 45–62 | 0·001 |
| Clinical disease activity‡ | |||||||
| Crohn’s disease | 2·5 | 1·0–4·3 | 3·0 | 1·0–5·0 | 3·0 | 1·0–5·0 | 0·88 |
| Ulcerative colitis and IBD-U | 1·0 | 0·0–3·0 | 1·0 | 0·0–2·8 | 1·0 | 0·0–3·0 | 0·13 |
IBD-U, inflammatory bowel disease-unclassified.
*
Total mean ± sd Eetscore.
†
Total median (IQR) short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire score.
‡
Total median (IQR) Patient Harvey Bradshaw Index for Crohn’s disease and Patient Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index for ulcerative colitis and IBD-U.