Quality of life and adherence to diet
MIDAS, disability, pain
No significant differences were observed on scores of pain intensity or disability (MIDAS, HIT6 and VAS) between the two groups at week 8 (Table At week 8, a significant improvement in scores of several domains of SF-36 was observed only in VLCKD group (physical functioning, PF p = 0.009, general health, GH p = 0.023, vitality, VT p = 0.045, social functioning, SF p = 0.013, Table Finally, adherence to diet was higher in VLCKD group (p = 0.028) at week 8, whereas no significant differences among groups were observed at week 12 (Table Adherence to diet at week 8 and 12Adherence scores in VLCKD and HBD groups at weeks 4, 8 and 12