Table 4. Odds ratio (95% CI) for the incidence of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia at 2-year follow up, according to baseline dietary inflammatory index score.
The SUN project. 1
| Quartiles of dietary inflammatory index score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P for trend | |
| Most anti-inflammatory | Most pro-inflammatory | ||||
| Hypertension | |||||
| Sex and age adjusted OR | 1 (ref) | 1.19 | 1.61 | 1.47 | 0.026 |
| (0.82–1.73) | (1.13–2.30) | (1.02–2.11) | |||
| Multivariable adjusted OR 2 | 1 (ref) | 1.25 | 1.76 | 1.67 | 0.018 |
| (0.85–1.84) | (1.19–2.59) | (1.09–2.57) | |||
| Multivariable adjusted OR 3 | 1 (ref) | 1.26 | 1.78 | 1.71 | 0.013 |
| (0.85–1.85) | (1.20–2.62) | (1.11–2.64) | |||
| Hypercholesterolemia | |||||
| Sex and age adjusted OR | 1 (ref) | 1.09 | 0.83 | 1.19 | 0.42 |
| (0.77–1.53) | (0.57–1.20) | (0.85–1.68) | |||
| Multivariable adjusted OR 2 | 1(ref) | 1.02 | 0.74 | 1.03 | 0.98 |
| (0.72–1.46) | (0.50–1.10) | (0.69–1.55) | |||
| Multivariable adjusted OR 3 | 1(ref) | 1.03 | 0.74 | 1.04 | 0.95 |
| (0.72–1.47) | (0.50–1.10) | (0.69–1.57) | |||
1 Excluding subjects with diagnosis at baseline of diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, use of special diets or other cardiovascular diseases (tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, aortic aneurysm, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, peripheral artery disease, heart valve disease, or pacemaker placement). Subjects with weight gain > 5kg in the previous 5 years were also excluded
2 Additionally adjusted for: family history of cardiovascular disease, smoking status, total energy intake (quartiles), physical activity (quartiles), body mass index (quartiles)
3 Additionally adjusted for: educational level (4 categories), total alcohol intake (quartiles), snaking, average time sitting (quartiles), average time spent watching television (quartiles)