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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Nutr. 2017 Dec 5;58(1):253–260. doi: 10.1007/s00394-017-1589-6

Table 2.

Association between dietary inflammatory index and prevalence of osteoarthritis.

Cases/total Prevalence
(%)
Unadjusted
OR
(95%CI)
P value Fully-adjusteda
OR
(95%CI)
P value
DII <−4.43 262/1090 24.0 1 [reference] 1 [reference]
P for trend<0.0001 P for trend=0.02
DII −4.43 & −3.64 304/1089 27.9 1.22 (1.00–1.48) 0.045 1.14 (0.93–1.39) 0.21
DII −3.63 &−2.42 319/1090 29.3 1.30 (1.07–1.58) 0.007 1.16 (0.94–1.42) 0.16
DII ≥−2.42 385/1089 35.4 1.74 (1.44–2.10) <0.0001 1.40 (1.14–1.72) 0.002

Notes:

All the data are presented as odds ratios (ORs) with their 95% confidence intervals.

a

Fully-adjusted model included as covariates: age (as continuous); sex; race (whites vs. others); body mass index (as continuous); education (degree vs. others); smoking habits (current and previous vs. others); yearly income (categorized as ≥ or < 50,000$ and missing data); Physical Activity Scale for Elderly score (as continuous); Charlson co-morbidity index; use of medications for knee OA (yes vs. no); CES-D (as continuous).

Abbreviations: CI: confidence intervals; OR: odds ratio.