Table 5: Effects of the Indo-Mediterranean style diet on heart failure in patients with a high risk of heart diseases.
| Data Collected |
At Entry (n=1,446) |
After Treatment (n=1,320) |
Odds Ratio 95% (Confidence Interval) |
| - |
Intervention |
Control |
Intervention |
Control |
- |
| Left ventricular strain |
307(21.0) |
325(22.5) |
64(4.9)** |
114(8.6) |
0.57(0.50-0.65) |
| Left ventricular hypertrophy |
86(5.9) |
59(4.1) |
92(6.9)** |
133(10.0) |
0.69(0.64-0.75) |
| NYHA Class II,III,IV heart failure |
41(2.8) |
39(2.7) |
48(3.6)* |
80(6.1) |
0.59(0.50-0.68) |
| Ventricular ectopics,8/min |
126(8.7) |
98(6.8) |
50(3.8)** |
102(7.7) |
0.49(0.42-0.56) |
| Ventricular ectopics 3 in row |
68(4.7) |
72(4.9) |
11(0.8)* |
27(2.0) |
0.40(0.37-0.46) |
*P <0.05, **P<0.01 by Chi-square test, values represent the number of subjects and percentages shown in parenthesis.>