Clinical Study
Whole-Foods, Plant-Based Diet Alleviates the Symptoms of Osteoarthritis
Table 1
Baseline assessments.
| | Description | Control | Intervention | value | | ( = 18) | ( = 19) |
| | Demographic | | | | | Sex: female: # (%) | 16 (88.9) | 15 (78.9) | 0.66 | | Age: mean (Std. dev.) | 60.0 (6.3) | 56.1 (8.4) | 0.12 | | Race: white: # (%) | 18 (100.0) | 16 (88.9) | 0.49 | | Smoker: yes: # (%) | 1 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1.00 | | Health conditions: # (%) | | | | | Hypertension: yes | 5 (27.8) | 6 (33.3) | 1.00 | | Depression: yes | 8 (44.4) | 5 (27.8) | 0.49 | | Clinical exam findings: mean (Std. dev.) | | | | | BMI | 28.4 (4.5) | 29.1 (6.5) | 0.72 | | Body temperature | 98.4 (0.9) | 98.2 (0.7) | 0.68 | | Pulse | 75.7 (6.8) | 72.6 (9.4) | 0.27 | | Blood pressure: systolic | 127.6 (17.6) | 123.8 (16.6) | 0.51 | | Blood pressure: diastolic | 76.1 (7.6) | 74.1 (10.2) | 0.49 | | Survey responses | | | | | Meat and dairy per week: # (%) | | | | | 5–8/week | 5 (27.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.049 | | 9–12/week | 2 (11.1) | 4 (22.2) | | | >12/week | 11 (61.1) | 14 (77.8) | | | SF-36v2 scores: mean (Std. dev.) | | | | | PF: physical functioning | 44.2 (10.5) | 39.7 (10.6) | 0.21 | | P: role physical | 45.8 (9.9) | 40.8 (10.4) | 0.15 | | BP: bodily pain | 40.1 (8.9) | 39.2 (7.0) | 0.72 | | GH: general health | 49.5 (10.3) | 44.4 (10.4) | 0.15 | | VT: energy/vitality | 47.6 (9.9) | 40.8 (7.9) | 0.03 | | SF: social functioning | 43.3 (10.6) | 41.7 (8.6) | 0.62 | | RE: role emotional | 44.7 (10.9) | 43.9 (9.5) | 0.81 | | MH: mental health | 44.2 (11.4) | 42.4 (11.5) | 0.64 | | PCS: Physical Component Summary Scale | 45.0 (8.5) | 40.2 (10.5) | 0.13 | | MCS: Mental Component Summary Scale | 45.4 (11.2) | 43.9 (10.8) | 0.69 |
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Fisher’s exact test (two-tailed).
Student’s -test (two-tailed).
Chi-square test of significance.
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