Whole-Foods, Plant-Based Diet Alleviates the Symptoms of Osteoarthritis

Table 2

SF-36v2 mixed models analysis of change from baseline.

	PF	RP	BP	VT	PCS	GH	SF	RE	MH	MCS
Baseline mean
Control (Cntl)	44.15	45.75	40.13	47.63	45.04	49.48	43.26	44.74	44.19	45.36
Intervention (Int)	39.66	40.8	39.18	40.77	40.19	44.42	41.69	43.92	42.44	43.93
Change from baseline
Week 1
Cntl	0.33	2.23	2.23	−0.06	1.78	1.20	4.03	2.03	0.12	0.84
Int	4.97	1.80	2.59	5.88	3.21	3.46	7.37	1.64	5.35	4.79
Int-Cntl	4.64^‡	−0.43	0.36	5.94^†	1.43	2.26	3.33	−0.40	5.24	3.95
Week 2
Cntl	0.88	1.49	2.11	3.89	−0.23	1.17	6.88	4.56	5.72	6.97
Int	4.20	5.40	5.77	9.29	4.57	4.23	7.64	3.59	6.85	6.87
Int-Cntl	3.31	3.91^†	3.66^†	5.41^†	4.80^‡	3.06	0.76	−0.98	1.13	−0.11
Week 3
Cntl	0.19	−1.11	2.89	1.29	−0.19	−1.61	2.61	−0.63	2.87	1.77
Int	6.68	7.91	5.50	10.08	5.85	4.57	9.06	6.58	7.29	8.09
Int-Cntl	6.49^‡	9.02^¥	2.62	8.79^‡	6.04^‡	6.19^†	6.45^†	7.20^‡	4.42	6.32^†
Week 4
Cntl	−0.14	1.96	1.92	2.94	−0.35	1.14	6.76	2.17	6.03	5.95
Int	7.54	8.24	8.15	11.08	6.63	4.53	9.96	6.99	10.14	9.67
Int-Cntl	7.68^¥	6.28^‡	6.24^†	8.14^†	6.98^¥	3.39	3.20	4.82	4.11	3.72
Week 5
Cntl	1.89	4.12	6.25	4.69	2.28	1.06	6.49	5.29	5.99	6.46
Int	6.14	7.91	7.63	12.44	5.99	5.02	10.19	7.57	8.60	9.93
Int-Cntl	4.24^†	3.79	1.38	7.76^†	3.71^†	3.96	3.69	2.28	2.61	3.47
Week 6
Cntl	1.02	2.65	5.41	5.49	1.31	2.01	5.08	5.05	6.46	6.87
Int	7.11	9.29	8.61	11.97	7.44	7.15	10.47	7.97	9.48	9.97
Int-Cntl	6.09	6.64	3.20	6.49	6.13^‡	5.14	5.39	2.92	3.01	3.10

scores based upon US National Norms: mean = 50 and SD = 10.
< 0.05; < 0.01; < 0.001.