Baseline and 16-week differences in HRQoL and intervention effects between study groups.

PCS: Physical Component Summary score (1–5). MCS: Mental Component Summary score (4–8). NOTE 1. As complete cases are presented, i.e., women who filled in a questionnaire both at baseline and follow-up, baseline scores may differ from the baseline scores as presented in Table 1. n = 214 (88.1%) (control group, n = 39; diet group, n = 87; exercise group, n = 88). Analyses were according to the intention-to-treat principle in all complete cases by linear regression with adjustment for the baseline SF-36 domain score. NOTE 2. The eight SF-36 domain scores range from 0 to 100, a higher score on the scale indicates a better health status. The score of the domain ‘health change’ ranges from 0 to 100, a score of 50 means no change in perceived health, a score <50 denotes deterioration and >50 improvement. The summary scores PCS and MCS are sex-standardised and represent health scores of the Dutch population with a mean of 50, and a standard deviation (SD) of 10. For example, a PCS score of 60 indicates that physical health is improved with one SD in our study population compared to the general female population. Baseline and 16-week differences in HRQoL and intervention effects between study groups.