Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics by Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) tertiles.
| Total (n = 110) | DII Tertile 1 <2.8 (n = 37) |
DII Tertile 2 2.8–4.6 (n = 37) |
DII Tertile 3 >4.6 (n = 36) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.25 | ||||
| Male | 50 (45.5%) | 20 (54.1%) | 13 (35.1%) | 17 (47.2%) | |
| Female | 60 (54.5%) | 17 (45.9%) | 24 (64.9%) | 19 (52.8%) | |
| Race | 0.21 | ||||
| European American | 68 (61.8%) | 28 (75.7%) | 22 (59.5%) | 18 (50.0%) | |
| African American | 36 (32.7%) | 8 (21.6%) | 12 (32.4%) | 16 (44.4%) | |
| Asian | 6 (5.5%) | 1 (2.7%) | 3 (8.1%) | 2 (5.6%) | |
| Smoker | 0.26 | ||||
| No | 97 (88.2%) | 34 (91.9%) | 30 (81.1%) | 33 (91.7%) | |
| Yes | 13 (11.8%) | 3 (8.1%) | 7 (18.9%) | 3 (8.3%) | |
| Drinker | 0.81 | ||||
| No | 69 (62.7%) | 23 (62.2%) | 22 (59.5%) | 24 (66.7%) | |
| Yes | 41 (37.3%) | 14 (37.8%) | 15 (40.5%) | 12 (33.3%) | |
| BMI classification 1 | 0.38 | ||||
| Normal | 58 (53.2%) | 17 (47.2%) | 21 (56.8%) | 20 (55.6%) | |
| Overweight | 32 (29.4%) | 11 (30.6%) | 13 (35.1%) | 8 (22.2%) | |
| Obese | 19 (17.4%) | 8 (22.2%) | 3 (8.1%) | 8 (22.2%) | |
| Exercise | 0.42 | ||||
| No | 18 (16.4%) | 4 (10.8%) | 6 (16.2%) | 8 (22.2%) | |
| Yes | 92 (83.6%) | 33 (89.2%) | 31 (83.8%) | 28 (77.8%) | |
| Age (years) | 21.0 ± 2.5 | 21.3 ± 2.7 | 21.4 ± 3.0 | 20.0 ± 1.4 | 0.09 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.4 ± 4.6 | 25.9 ± 4.7 | 24.8 ± 3.5 | 25.3 ± 5.6 | 0.61 |
| Body fat (%) | 21.3 ± 9.4 | 20.6 ± 10.0 | 22.7 ± 8.9 | 20.7 ± 9.4 | 0.57 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 81.2 ± 11.8 | 82.5 ± 10.9 | 80.0 ± 9.0 | 81.0 ± 15.0 | 0.67 |
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD). 1 n = 109. BMI: body mass index.