In the original publication [], there was a mistake in Table 4 as published. The authors carelessly mentioned the confidence intervals in reverse order in Table 4 and mistakenly reported the square of the effect size (η²) in the original table. In this revision, the correct effect size (η) is reported in the relevant column. The corrected Table 4 appears below. A correction has been made to Section 3.4. Intervention Effect on Other Variables.
Table 4.
Changes in adiposity, blood pressure, cardiovascular risk factors, mood state, anxiety level, and MIND diet pattern (ITT analysis).
The changes in adiposity, cardiovascular risk factors, and psychological indicators in each group and the mean differences between the three groups after the four-week intervention are shown in Table 4. After the four-week intervention, the mean waist-to-hip ratios for the MIND group, MIND-FB group, and control group were 0.885 (95% CI: 0.86–0.91), 0.89 (95% CI: 0.87–0.91), and 0.92 (95% CI: 0.90–0.94), respectively. In a post-hoc comparison, the mean waist-to-hip ratio for the MIND group was 0.003 less than that of the control group (p = 0.79). Similarly, the mean waist-to-hip ratio for the MIND-FB group was 0.012 less than that of the control group (p = 0.28). The mean BMI demonstrated a significant decrease of 0.24 kg/m2 in the MIND-FB group compared to that of the control group. Although all cardiovascular risk factors, trait anxiety levels demonstrated no significant difference between groups, total cholesterol, and lower-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were significantly decreased by 0.61 and 0.34 mmol/L (p < 0.01) in the MIND group; 0.86 and 0.59 mmol/L (p < 0.01) in the MIND-FB group, and 0.58 and 0.28 mmol/L (p < 0.02) in the control group, respectively. Triglycerides (TG) and glucose (Glu) levels were significantly lower at 0.28 mmol/L and 0.68 mmol/L (p < 0.05) in the MIND-FB and MIND groups, respectively. The mean difference for state and trait anxiety level, total mood states, tension–anxiety, fatigue, anger, and confusion were significantly lower by 5.28, 4.28, 6.5, 2.2, 1.4, 1.24, and 1.28, respectively (p < 0.00) in the MIND-FB group. The mean score of anger–hostility in the MIND_FB group demonstrated a significant 2.32 lower than that of the control group. Also, the mean score of stat anxiety levels in the MIND_FB and MIND groups was significantly lower than that of the control group, by 7.47 and 4 points, respectively. After the four weeks of intervention, the mean score of MIND diet consumption was significantly increased by 3.8 and 3.48 in the MIND and MIND-FB groups, respectively.
The authors state that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.
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