Table 2.

Distribution of 594 controls by selected characteristics and tertiles of energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index (DII). Italy, 1992–2008.

Characteristics (%)	Energy-adjusted DII tertile
	1 Men ≤−0.64 Women ≤−1.06	2 Men−0.64 to 0.59 Women −1.05 to − 0 19	3 Men > 0.59 Women >−0.19	P-Valuea
Sexa				0.001
Men	71.8	79.7	87.4
Women	28.2	20.3	12.6
Age (years)a				0.01
<45	16.3	30.2	31.7
45–54	34.9	30.7	31.2
55–64	29.2	22.3	20.8
≥65	19.6	16.8	16.4
Education (years)				0.41
<7	42.1	36.1	32.8
7–11	35.4	37.6	40.4
>11	22.5	26.2	26.8
Tobacco smoking				0.003
Never smoker	40.2	32.2	25.7
Ex smoker	30.1	31.7	29.5
Current smoker (cigarettes/day)	29.6	36.2	44.8
<15	14.8	12.9	12.6
≥15	14.8	23.3	32.2
Alcohol drinking (drinks				0.01
<14	25.8	31.2	35.5
14–27	46.4	43.6	30.6
≥28	27.8	25.2	33.9

^aEstimated by Chi-square test.