Table 2.

Subgroup analysis of the association between dietary inflammatory index and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Subgroup	No. of studies	OR	95%CI	p	I2 (%)
Regional
Europe	2	2.37	[0.47, 11.94]	0.295	94.0
Iran	4	2.25	[0.92, 5.49]	0.075	79.3
US	2	1.19	[0.95, 1.49]	0.140	69.1
Sex
Male	2	2.64	[0.66, 10.56]	0.169	83.3
Female	2	1.26	[1.08, 1.47]	0.003	0.0
Other influencing factors
Hypertension	2	0.85	[0.31, 2.36]	0.758	93.1
Smoking	2	1.20	[1.05, 1.37]	<0.001	34.3
Male versus Female	2	1.11	[1.00, 1.24]	0.053	0.0

No., number; OR, odds ratio; 95%CI, 95% confidence intervals.