Table 4.

Correlations between intake of selected foods and inflammation markers

	Bread	Fruit	Vegetable	White meat	Red meat	Sauces/dressings	Yoghurt	Confectionery	Tea/coffee
IL-1β (pg/ml)	0.05	-0.16	-0.20	0.19	-0.02	-0.06	-0.07	0.05	-0.13
IFN-α2 (pg/ml)	-0.05	-0.29*	-0.12	0.14	-0.08	0.02	-0.14	-0.01	-0.26*
IFN-λ (pg/ml)	-0.04	-0.31**	-0.19	0.19	-0.15	0.02	-0.21	0.03	-0.27*
TNF-α (pg/ml)	0.06	-0.19	-0.24*	0.08	-0.01	0.16	-0.09	0.18	-0.27*
MCP-1 (pg/ml)	-0.02	-0.16	0.07	0.09	0.04	0.03	-0.02	0.09	-0.15
IL-6 (pg/ml)	-0.06	-0.24*	-0.14	0.26*	-0.03	-0.04	-0.13	0.03	-0.23*
IL-8 (pg/ml)	0.13	-0.30**	0.09	0.21	-0.07	-0.08	-0.26*	0.15	-0.25*
IL-10 (pg/ml)	0.13	-0.05	-0.09	0.10	0.16	-0.01	-0.14	0.05	-0.10
IL-12p70 (pg/ml)	0.26*	0.07	0.05	-0.02	0.03	-0.28*	-0.29**	0.23*	-0.09
IL-17A (pg/ml)	0.10	-0.13	-0.01	-0.08	-0.07	-0.25*	-0.27*	0.18	-0.22
IL-18 (pg/ml)	-0.06	-0.17	0.046	-0.01	0.03	0.07	0.02	0.24*	0.01
IL-23 (pg/ml)	0.08	-0.36**	0.01	0.07	-0.01	-0.07	-0.19	0.07	-0.16
IL-33 (pg/ml)	0.18	0.04	-0.08	-0.08	0.11	-0.09	-0.18	0.28*	0.02
Ln CRP (µg/ml)	-0.19	-0.13	-0.34**	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.17	-0.02
Ln Ferritin (µg/L)	-0.02	-0.06	-0.05	0.31**	0.16	0.02	0.03	-0.07	-0.07

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