Table 3.

Correlations between intake of selected nutrients and inflammation markers (Whole group)

	Fibre	Soluble NSP	Insoluble NSP	Vitamin D	Vitamin C	Niacin	Folic acid	Sodium	Potassium
IL-1β (pg/ml)	-0.25*	-0.21	-0.27*	-0.02	-0.27*	-0.16	0.07	-0.03	-0.25*
IFN-α2 (pg/ml)	-0.33**	-0.25*	-0.36**	0.07	-0.22*	-0.27*	0.05	-0.12	-0.25*
IFN-λ (pg/ml)	-0.36**	-0.27*	-0.40**	-0.01	-0.23*	-0.24*	0.01	-0.01	-0.22
TNF-α (pg/ml)	-0.28*	-0.20	-0.32**	0.02	-0.10	-0.23*	0.04	0.10	-0.05
MCP-1 (pg/ml)	-0.10	-0.02	-0.14	-0.07	-0.05	-0.10	0.03	0.28*	-0.03
IL-6 (pg/ml)	-0.33**	-0.25*	-0.38**	-0.28*	-0.20	-0.26*	-0.25*	-0.07	-0.21
IL-8 (pg/ml)	-0.20	-0.11	-0.26*	0.02	-0.18	-0.13	0.05	0.01	-0.08
IL-10 (pg/ml)	-0.07	-0.04	-0.10	0.10	-0.09	-0.04	0.13	-0.01	-0.02
IL-12p70 (pg/ml)	0.02	0.05	-0.01	0.08	-0.06	-0.04	0.13	0.01	-0.01
IL-17A (pg/ml)	-0.03	-0.01	-0.09	0.06	-0.18	-0.07	0.10	-0.02	-0.03
IL-18 (pg/ml)	-0.08	-0.02	-0.08	0.01	-0.05	-0.04	0.02	0.08	-0.10
IL-23 (pg/ml)	-0.25*	-0.16	-0.30**	0.12	-0.36**	-0.06	0.16	-0.01	-0.15
IL-33 (pg/ml)	0.02	0.05	0.01	0.11	-0.10	0.06	0.16	0.19	0.05
CRP (µg/ml)	-0.02	-0.03	-0.01	-0.30**	-0.09	-0.23	-0.28*	-0.20	-0.16
Ferritin (µg/L)	-0.27*	-0.30**	-0.26*	0.02	-0.04	-0.11	-0.06	-0.17	-0.05

NSP Non-starch polysaccharides, IL Interleukin, IFN Interferon, TNF Tumour necrosis factor, MCP-1 Monocyte chemoattractant protein – 1, CRP C-reactive protein

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01