Table 2.
Nutrients intakes of tertiles of the DII, P50th (P25th, P75th) a.
| Nutrients | Dietary Inflammatory Index | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tertile 1 | Tertile 2 | Tertile 3 | p b | |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 280.8(239.0,323.5) | 288.2(241.9,326.8) | 272.6(221.7,318.6) | 0.003 * |
| Protein (g) | 73.2(62.4,84.8) | 65.2(56.3,76.4) | 57.8(49.6,67.5) | <0.001 * |
| Total fat (g) | 72.7(54.8,89.2) | 69(53.7,86.3) | 76(57.8,96.7) | <0.001 * |
| Saturated fat (g) | 10.4(6.7,14.5) | 10.2(6.9,14.5) | 10.1(6.7,16.2) | 0.674 |
| MUFA (g) | 19.8(13,27.5) | 18.9(11.8,28.6) | 21(13.6,32.2) | 0.010 * |
| PUFA (g) | 15.4(10.2,22.2) | 13.9(9.9,18.7) | 11.6(8.2,16.2) | <0.001 * |
| Fiber (g) | 17.7(13.3,24.4) | 11(8.6,13.8) | 7.3(5.7,9.5) | <0.001 * |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 341.1(107.5,600.0) | 304.5(111.2,625.6) | 349.3(122.3,564.5) | 0.911 |
| Niacin (mg) | 15.4(12.3,19.5) | 13.3(10.9,16.6) | 11.4(9.3,14.0) | <0.001 * |
| Thiamine (mg) | 1.1(0.9,1.3) | 1.0(0.8,1.2) | 0.9(0.7,1.0) | <0.001 * |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 1.1(0.9,1.5) | 0.9(0.7,1.2) | 0.7(0.6,1.0) | <0.001 * |
| Folic acid (μg) | 349.9(243.5,469.6) | 230.9(165.9,300.2) | 154.7(116.7,196.0) | <0.001 * |
| Vitamins A (RE) | 635.2(388.1,1054.7) | 379.9(222.6,574.2) | 278.8(169.4,408.6) | <0.001 * |
| Vitamins B6 (mg) | 1.3(1.1,1.6) | 1.0(0.8,1.2) | 0.8(0.7,1.0) | <0.001 * |
| Vitamins B12 (μg) | 2.3(0.8,5.1) | 2.2(0.8,4.7) | 1.9(0.9,3.5) | 0.011 * |
| Vitamins C (mg) | 141.8(85.6,198.2) | 74.8(41.3,109.9) | 39.4(20.9,60.9) | <0.001 * |
| Vitamins E (mg) | 33.1(23.7,43.8) | 25.1(17.6,37.0) | 17.8(12.3,30.5) | <0.001 * |
| Iron (mg) | 24.9(21.7,30.3) | 20.5(18.2,23.4) | 17.4(15.4,19.5) | <0.001 * |
| Magnesium (mg) | 368.2(322.8,440.2) | 288.5(258.5,327.7) | 226.4(194.3,262.8) | <0.001 * |
| Selenium (μg) | 44.6(33.7,59.2) | 41.9(31.3,55.4) | 38.8(29.9,48.8) | <0.001 * |
| Zinc (mg) | 13.1(11.7,14.9) | 11.4(10.3,12.8) | 10.0(9.1,11.3) | <0.001 * |
DII: dietary inflammatory index, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids, RE: retinol equivalent. a Nutrients data after adjustment with nutrient density method; b Distributions of nutrients intakes were non-normal, presented as P50th (P25th, P75th), and analyzed with Kruskal–Wallis tests; * Significant p values that met the 5% level.