Quality of life reported by the patients using the Swedish SF-36 Health Survey. Data are presented as mean (SD)
| Diet group (n=26) | Control group (n=25) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Mean difference from baseline to week 12 | p Value* | Baseline | Mean difference from baseline to week 12 | p Value* | |
| *p Values refer to change from baseline to week 12. Within-group differences were evaluated by Wilcoxon signed ranks test; | ||||||
| †n=23. | ||||||
| Physical function | 58.9 (20.9) | +2.5 (15.2) | 0.533 | 55.4 (20.7) | +1.4 (13.4) | 0.524 |
| Physical role | 55.8 (44.3) | +16.3 (43.6) | 0.072 | 63.0 (39.6) | −11.0 (38.2) | 0.199 |
| Bodily pain | 58.7 (24.0) | +4.5 (24.3) | 0.426 | 54.4 (18.7) | +4.0 (20.1) | 0.199 |
| General health | 58.7 (19.0) | +5.7 (14.6) | 0.073 | 53.8 (20.7) | +0.7 (21.7) | 0.818 |
| Vitality | 59.6 (24.6) | +11.3 (20.7) | 0.018 | 54.0 (19.0) | +4.2 (16.3) | 0.274 |
| Social functioning | 83.7 (22.8) | +4.8 (19.0) | 0.286 | 88.1 (15.1) | −5.4 (18.8) | 0.289 |
| Emotional role | 79.5 (37.8) | +9.0 (39.5) | 0.230 | 78.6 (31.9) | +1.4 (27.9) | 0.776 |
| Mental health | 79.9 (21.4) | +6.5 (16.5) | 0.050 | 74.7 (15.3) | +3.7 (12.9) | 0.143 |
| Compared with one year earlier | 2.7 (0.7) | −0.6 (1.1) | 0.016 | 2.9 (1.0)† | −0.1 (1.0)† | 0.793 |