Veronese, Nicola and Stubbs, Brendon and Noale, Marianna and Solmi, Marco and Luchini, Claudio and Maggi, Stefania (2016) Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with better quality of life: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104 (5). pp. 1403-1409. ISSN 1938-3207
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Background: The Mediterranean diet has positively influenced various medical conditions, but only a paucity of studies has considered the relation between the Mediterranean diet and quality of life (QOL) among people living in North America. Objective: We investigated whether a higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet (aMED) was associated with better QOL and decreased pain, stiffness, disability, and depression in a large cohort of North Americans from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Design: aMED was evaluated through a validated Mediterranean diet score categorized into quintiles. Outcomes of interest were QOL [assessed with the 12-Item Short-Form Health Outcome Survey (SF-12)]; disability, pain, and stiffness [assessed in both knees with the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC)]; and depressive symptoms [assessed with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)]. Results: Of the 4470 participants (2605 women; mean age: 61.3 y), those with a higher aMED had significantly more favorable scores on all outcomes investigated (P < 0.0001 for all comparisons). After adjustment for potential confounders in linear regression analyses, a higher aMED was significantly associated with a higher SF-12 physical composite scale value (β: 0.10; 95% CI: 0.05, 0.15; P < 0.0001), lower WOMAC scores (except for stiffness), and lower CES-D scores (β: −0.05; 95% CI: −0.09, −0.01; P = 0.01). An adjusted logistic regression analysis, taking as reference those in the 2 highest quintiles of the aMED score, confirmed these findings. Conclusion: Higher aMED is associated with better QOL and decreased pain, disability, and depressive symptoms.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Mediterranean diet, depression, quality of life osteoarthritis initiative, pain, disability |
| Faculty: | ARCHIVED Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (until September 2018) |
| Depositing User: | Brendon Stubbs |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Nov 2016 08:58 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2019 16:01 |
| URI: | http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/700884 |
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