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Table 4 Diet effects on clinical measures, study completers only

From: Nutrition intervention for migraine: a randomized crossover trial

 

Diet period

Supplement period

Effect Size

p valuee

Baseline

16 weeks

Change

Baseline

16 weeks

Change

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Body weight (kg) (N=36)f

75.0 (18.7)

71.1 (17.3)

-3.9 (3.8)a

73 (17.7)

72.9 (18.1)

0.0 (2.6)

-3.9 (4.6)

<0.001

BMI (N=36)

26.9 (5.7)

25.5 (5.2)

-1.4 (1.4)a

26.2 (5.4)

26.2 (5.6)

0.0 (1.0)

-1.4 (1.6)

<0.001

Total cholesterol (N=35)g

185.9 (36.8)

169.3 (35.5)

-16.5 (32.8)c

181.2 (31.7)

181.3 (36.4)

0.1 (25.4)

-16.7 (41.5)

0.02

HDL (N=36)

60.9 (16.5)

54.6 (15.0)

-6.3 (16.1)d

60.9 (14.7)

60.4 (14.8)

-0.6 (10.4)

-5.7 (19.9)

0.09

LDL (N=35)

105.5 (32.1)

94.2 (27.9)

-11.3 (27)d

100.5 (26.2)

101.7 (30.9)

1.2 (20.4)

-12.2 (33.6)

0.04

Ratio (N=35)

3.2 (1.0)

3.2 (0.9)

0.0 (0.9)

3.1 (0.7)

3.1 (0.8)

0.1 (0.7)

0.0 (1.2)

0.85

Triglycerides (N=35)

95.2 (46.4)

101.9 (43.5)

6.7 (56)

96.6 (36.6)

96.5 (55.0)

-0.1 (53.2)

6.7 (83.7)

0.64

Log triglycerides (N=35)

1.93 (0.2)

1.97 (0.18)

0.04 (0.23)

1.95 (0.17)

1.94 (0.19)

-0.01 (0.16)

0.05 (0.30)

0.30

VAS (cm) (N=35)

6.0 (2.7)

3.6 (3.0)

-2.4 (3.2)a

4.7 (2.8)

4.1 (2.8)

-0.6 (2.3)

-1.8 (3.9)

0.01

Headache number (per wk) (N=35)

2.1 (1.4)

1.7 (1.9)

-0.3 (1.2)

2.1 (2.0)

1.8 (2.2)

-0.4 (0.9)

0.0 (1.3)

0.95

Headache intensity (N=33)

4.3 (1.8)

3.1 (1.8)

-1.2 (1.7)b

3.6 (1.9)

3.2 (2.0)

-0.4 (1.5)

-0.8 (2.4)

0.07

Headache duration (N=33)

6.1 (4.1)

4.8 (3.6)

-1.3 (2.7)c

4.5 (3.2)

4.4 (3.6)

-0.1 (2.4)

-1.2 (3.9)

0.08

Headache days (per wk) (N=35)

2.0 (1.4)

1.7 (1.6)

-0.3 (1.1)

1.9 (1.6)

1.6 (1.6)

-0.3 (0.7)

0.0 (1.2)

0.99

Number medicated (N= 35)

1.4 (1.1)

1.1 (1.6)

-0.3 (1.6)

1.2 (1.2)

1.1 (1.1)

-0.2 (0.7)

-0.1 (1.7)

0.73

% medicated (N= 35)

65.2 (31.8)

41.3 (31.3)

-23.8 (38.8)b

50.1 (32.3)

46.1 (33.6)

-4.0 (22.5)

-19.8 (49.7)

0.02

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body Mass Index, HDL high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Ratio= Total cholesterol/HDL, VAS visual analog pain scale, worst pain last 2 weeks, SD standard deviation.
  2. ap<0.0001; bp<0.001; cp<0.01; dp<0.05.
  3. ep values are from between-group T-tests.
  4. fParticipants who attended the baseline and endpoint assessments for both treatments included here.
  5. gCholesterol and triglycerides are reported in mg/dl.