TABLE 2.
General characteristics of the participants in the study across tertiles of EDII.
| n | EDII | p‐Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 85 | T2 85 | T3 85 | ||
| EDII score range | (1.20, 7.20) | (7.21, 10.2) | (10.21, 30.9) | |
| Age (year) | 31.7 ± 10.8 | 31.2 ± 9.57 | 39.7 ± 12.7 | <.001 |
| Weight (Kg) | 68.1 ± 13.7 | 68.7 ± 12.7 | 69.7 ± 12.7 | .719 |
| Height (m) | 168 ± 9.95 | 168 ± 9.33 | 162 ± 14.3 | .001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.0 ± 4.4 | 24.2 ± 3.82 | 27.9 ± 17.6 | .003 |
| Sex, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 23 (30.3) | 31 (40.8) | 22 (28.9) | .255 |
| Female | 62 (34.6) | 54 (30.2) | 63 (35.2) | |
| Current health status n (%) | ||||
| Healthy | 79 (33.5) | 83 (35.2) | 74 (31.4) | .31 |
| Nonhealthy | 62 (31.6) | 2 (10.5) | 11 (57.9) | |
| Past medical history n (%) | ||||
| Healthy | 81 (34.5) | 82 (34.9) | 72 (30.6) | .007 |
| Nonhealthy | 4 (20.0) | 3 (15.0) | 13 (65.0) | |
| Medication n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 78 (34.2) | 82 (36.0) | 68 (29.8) | .002 |
| No | 7 (25.0) | 3 (11.1) | 17 (63.0) | |
| Supplement n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 32 (29.9) | 43 (40.2) | 32 (29.9) | .143 |
| No | 53 (35.8) | 42 (28.4) | 53 (35.8) | |
| Marital status n (%) | ||||
| Single | 54 (41.9) | 53 (41.4) | 22 (17.1) | <.001 |
| Married | 31 (24.6) | 32 (25.4) | 63 (50) | |
| Education n (%) | ||||
| Undergraduate | 2 (18.2) | 2 (18.2) | 7 (63.6) | .042 |
| Diploma | 15 (29.4) | 13 (25.5) | 23 (45.1) | |
| College education | 68 (35.2) | 70 (36.3) | 55 (28.5) | |
| Smoking, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 10 (25.0) | 17 (42.5) | 13 (32.5) | .334 |
| No | 75 (34.9) | 68 (31.6) | 72 (33.5) | |
| Alcohol, n (%) | ||||
| Yes | 5 (25.0) | 6 (30.0) | 9 (45,0) | .494 |
| No | 80 (34.0) | 79 (33.6) | 76 (32.3) | |
| Physical activity, n (%) | ||||
| Low | 38 (34.9) | 31 (28.4) | 40 (36.7) | .151 |
| Moderate | 34 (38.2) | 28 (31.5) | 27 (30.3) | |
| High | 13 (22.8) | 26 (45.6) | 18 (31.6) | |
Note: p‐value <.05 was considered significant. Values are based on mean ± SD or reported percentage. One‐way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for quantitative data and Chi‐squared test for qualitative data have been used. Subjects in the first tertile of EDII had EDII score between 1.20 and 7.20; second tertile: between 7.21 and 10.20; third tertile: between 10.21 and 30.9.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; cm, centimeter; EDII, empirically dietary inflammatory index; kg, kilogram; m, meter; n, numbers.