An experimental study of a Mediterranean diet intervention for patients with rheumatoid arthritis
| Autor: | Gunnar Johansson, Lars Sköldstam, Linda Hagfors |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Mediterranean diet Immunology Arthritis Diet Mediterranean General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology law.invention Arthritis Rheumatoid Rheumatology Randomized controlled trial Quality of life law Immunopathology Internal medicine medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans skin and connective tissue diseases Aged business.industry Anti-Inflammatory Agents Non-Steroidal Body Weight Middle Aged medicine.disease Connective tissue disease Lipids Clinical trial Extended Report Rheumatoid arthritis Physical therapy Quality of Life Female business |
| Popis: | To investigate the efficacy of a Mediterranean diet (MD) versus an ordinary Western diet for suppression of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Patients with well controlled, although active RA of at least two years' duration, who were receiving stable pharmacological treatment, were invited to participate. All patients were randomly allocated to the MD or the control diet (CD). To achieve good compliance with prescribed diets all patients were for the first three weeks served the MD or the CD, respectively, for lunch and dinner at the outpatient clinic's canteen. Clinical examinations were performed at baseline, and again in the 3rd, 6th, and 12th week. A composite disease activity index (DAS28), a physical function index (Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)), a health survey of quality of life (Short Form-36 (SF-36)), and the daily consumption of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were used as primary efficacy variables.From baseline to the end of the study the patients in the MD group (n=26) showed a decrease in DAS28 of 0.56 (p0.001), in HAQ of 0.15 (p=0.020), and in two dimensions of the SF-36 Health Survey: an increase in "vitality" of 11.3 (p=0.018) and a decrease in "compared with one year earlier" of 0.6 (p=0.016). For the control patients (n=25) no significant change was seen at the end of the study. This difference between the two treatment groups was notable only in the second half of the trial.The results indicate that patients with RA, by adjusting to a Mediterranean diet, did obtain a reduction in inflammatory activity, an increase in physical function, and improved vitality. |
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