Table 4.
Adjusted Geometric Means and 95% Confidence Intervals1 for C-reactive Protein Concentrations of 746 Breast Cancer Survivors by Quartiles of Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2005 Scores and Recreational Moderate/Vigorous Physical Activity
| Postdiagnosis Diet Quality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEI-2005 Quartile 1 (35–57) “Poor” | HEI-2005 Quartile 2 (57–67) “Mixed” | HEI-2005 Quartile 3 (67–75) “Mixed” | HEI-2005 Quartile 4 (75–87) “Better” | p-value for Contrast `Better vs. Poor” | p-heterogeneity | |
| No recreational physical activity after diagnosis (0 MET-hours/week) | ||||||
| N | 89 | 71 | 62 | 54 | ||
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 5.0 (3.4, 7.4) | 4.2 (2.8, 6.4) | 3.5 (2.4, 5.5) | 2.5 (1.6, 4.0) | 0.001 | |
| 0.03 | ||||||
| Any recreational physical activity after diagnosis (>0 MET-hours/week) | ||||||
| N | 97 | 115 | 125 | 131 | ||
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 1.6 (1.2, 2.1) | 1.4 (1.1, 1.8) | 1.8 (1.4, 2.3) | 1.4 (1.1, 1.8) | 0.39 | |
1
Adjusted for age (continuous), energy (continuous), body mass index (continuous), race/ethnicity (Non-Hispanic White; Hispanic; Black, African American; American Indian, Asian, other; Missing)