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Table 2 Median scores (interquartile range) from short dietary questionniare1 at each time point and the score differences from the baseline to each time point2

From: Adherence to Mediterranean and low-fat diets among heart and lung transplant recipients: a randomized feasibility study

 

Mediterranean diet (n = 20)

Low fat diet (n = 19)

Scores at each point

Differences from baseline

Scores at each point

Differences from baseline

Baseline

All

4 (2)

–

11 (5)

–

 Heart

4 (1)

–

11 (5)

–

 Lung

4 (4)

–

10 (5)

–

6 months

All

10 (3)

5 (3)***

12 (2)

2 (3)***

 Heart

10 (3)

5 (3)**

13 (2)

3 (6)*

 Lung

10 (3)

5 (2)**

12 (2)

2 (2)*

12 months

All

9 (4)

4 (2)***

13 (3)

2 (4)**

 Heart

11 (4)

5 (3)**

13 (3)

3 (3)*

 Lung

9 (2)

4 (4)**

13 (3)

2 (2)*

6 weeks post-intervention

All

10 (3)

5 (3)***

12 (2)

2 (4)*

 Heart

10 (3)

5 (4)**

13 (2)

3 (5)*

 Lung

10 (3)

5 (2)**

11 (2)

1 (3)

  1. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001
  2. 1Mediterranean diet score ranged from 0 to 14; low-fat diet score ranged from 0 to 16; higher scores indicate greater adherence
  3. 2p-values from Wilcoxon signed rank sum test
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Nutrition Journal

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