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Table 4 Disease activity outcomes according to diet intervention after 12 weeks

From: Dietetic intervention in psoriatic arthritis: the DIETA trial

 

Placebo

Diet-fish

Diet-placebo

Baseline

 

12 weeks

 

P

Baseline

 

12 weeks

 

p

Baseline

 

12 weeks

 

p

N

%

N

%

 

N

%

N

%

 

N

%

N

%

 

MDA

27

100

27

100

0.37

28

100

28

100

0.69

31

100

31

100

0.22

Activity

21

77.8

18

66.7

 

19

67.9

17

60.7

 

24

77.4

20

64.5

 

Remission

6

22.2

9

33.3

 

9

32.1

11

39.3

 

7

22.6

11

35.5

 

DAS28-ESR

28

100

28

100

1.0

26

100

26

100

1.0

27

100

27

100

0.51

Moderate/severe activity

16

57.1

16

57.1

 

16

61.5

15

57.7

 

14

51.9

11

40.7

 

Remission/low activity

12

42.9

12

42.9

 

10

38.5

11

42.3

 

13

48.1

16

59.3

 

DAS28-CRP

19

100

19

100

0.45

19

100

19

100

1.0

20

100

20

100

0.06

Moderate/severe activity

8

42.1

5

26.3

 

4

21.1

5

26.3

 

10

50

5

25

 

Remission/low activity

11

57.9

14

73.7

 

15

78.9

14

73.7

 

10

50

15

75

 
  1. Bold indicates p statistically significant (≤ 0.05)
  2. MDA: Minimal Disease Activity, DAS28: Disease Activity Score, ESR: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, CRP: C Reactive Protein
  3. p – McNemar test, (–) It was not possible to perform McNemar test—not all levels of the variable were present in both moments of evaluation,