Table 2.
Quartiles of DII score | ||||
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Variable | 1st quartile | 2nd quartile | 3rd quartile | 4th quartile |
N = 89 | N = 84 | N = 83 | N = 76 | |
HbA1C (%) | 1 (Ref.) | 1.03 (0.85-1.24) | 1.18 (0.99-1.41)* | 0.89 (0.71 – 1.12) |
TC (mg/dl) | 1 (Ref.) | 1.02 (0.99-1.04) | 1.01 (1.00-1.03)* | 1.02 (0.99-1.04)* |
TG (mg/dl) | 1 (Ref.) | 0.99 (0.98 – 1.00)* | 0.99 (0.99-1.002) | 0.99 (0.98 -0.99)* |
LDL (mg/dl) | 1 (Ref.) | 0.98 (0.96-1.02) | 0.99 (0.98-1.01) | 1.001 (0.98-1.02) |
HDL (mg/dl) | 1 (Ref.) | 0.96 (0.92-1.01) | −0.95 (0.90-0.99)* | −0.95 (0.91-1.00)* |
HCT (%) | 1 (Ref.) | 0.99 (0.93-1.05) | 1.02 (0.96-1.07) | 0.99 (0.93-1.06) |
Albumin (g/dL) | 1 (Ref.) | 0.64 (0.25-1.68) | 0.61 (0.23-1.63) | 0.41 (0.14-1.14)* |
Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1 (Ref.) | 1.31 (0.32-5.39) | 0.84 (0.17-3.96) | 0.14 (0.02-0.82)* |
BUN (mg/dL) | 1 (Ref.) | 1.02 (0.99-1.05) | 1.009 (0.97-1.04) | 1.04 (1.01-1.08)* |
Lipoprotein (a) (mg/dL) | 1 (Ref.) | 1.004 (0.99-1.01) | 1.01 (0.99-1.02) | 1.01 (0.99 – 1.02) |
CRP (mg/dL) | 1 (Ref.) | 0.96 (0.89-1.05) | 0.87 (0.76 -0.99)* | 0.97 (0.89-1.06) |
Hb hemoglobin, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LDL low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL high density lipoprotein cholesterol, HCT hematocrit, BUN blood urea nitrogen, CRP C-reactive protein. The β estimate and confidence interval (CI) was estimated using linear regression model adjusting for the confounding effects of age, gender, BMI, educational attainment and presence of diabetes and myocardial infarction.* Indicates statistically significant values as P < 0.05