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. 2021 Mar 12;13:30. doi: 10.1186/s13098-021-00648-1

Table 2.

The intakes of lifestyle inflammatory score and dietary inflammatory score components in the study population

Variable Tertiles P-value
Tertiles of DIS median (IQR) DIS score T1 − 4.8 (− 7.6, − 2.9) T2 0.8 (− 0.2, 1.8) T3 4.7 (3.6, 6.3)
DIS components
 Leafy greens and Cruciferous vegetables (g/d) 23.4 (11.7–40.9) 13.1 (7.4–23.2) 7.1 (3.8–13.3)  < 0.001
 Tomatoes (g/d) 137.2 (66.5–139.7) 69.2 (40.4–137.4) 41.0 (20.2–66.0)  < 0.001
 Apples and berries (g/d) 115.6 (58.3–159.8) 53.2 (27.1–106.2) 23.0 (12.3–43.0)  < 0.001
 Deep yellow or orange Vegetables and fruit (g/d) 84.2 (48.1–131.0) 38.9 (25.7–62.9) 21.2 (12.6–35.6)  < 0.001
 Other fruits and real fruit juices (g/d) 347.0 (238.2–532.5) 187.2 (122.3–298.1) 113.6 (64.1–198.7)  < 0.001
 Other vegetables (g/d) 173.3 (126.8–240.7) 118.8 (86.3–163.2) 81.8 (53.2–116.5)  < 0.001
 Legumes (g/d) 19.5 (10.7–40.1) 13.8 (8.0–24.1) 10.3 (5.8–18.1)  < 0.001
 Fish (g/d) 9.0 (4.5–16.6) 6.8 (3.7–13.1) 5.3 (2.6–9.3)  < 0.001
 Poultry (g/d) 24.2 (12.1–42.5) 21.4 (12.1–36.4) 13.2 (8.5–27.0)  < 0.001
 Red and organ meats (g/d) 35.3 (21.8–54.0) 30.7 (21.2–47.7) 30.2 (17.9–54.1) 0.030
 Processed meats (g/d) 2.6 (0.4–6.0) 2.7 (0.7–6.1) 3.3 (1.3–7.8) 0.001
 Added sugars (g/d) 58.9 (33.0–97.9) 53.8 (34.4–101.0) 50.8 (28.5–85.4) 0.193
 High-fat dairy (g/d) 154.8 (65.7–242.2) 101.5 (33.4–230.0) 51.8 (17.2–121.7)  < 0.001
 Low-fat dairy (g/d) 280.0 (176.7–379.0) 210.3 (116.2–324.3) 183.9 (88.2–298.3)  < 0.001
 Coffee and tea (g/d) 750.0 (269.8–1000) 501.3 (251.3–753.5) 375.0 (250.0–735.0)  < 0.001
 Nuts (g/d) 5.9 (2.8–12.7) 3.8 (1.9–7.5) 2.6 (1.2–4.8)  < 0.001
 Other fats (g/d) 25.1 (13.3–36.8) 26.3 (13.0–37.3) 30.1 (18.9–45.0)  < 0.001
 Refined grains and Starchy vegetables (g/d) 408.1 (313.7–542.5) 424.0 (333.1–554.6) 495.1 (351.8–656.5)  < 0.001
Tertiles of LIS median (IQR) LIS score T1 − 0.18 (− 0.41, 0.01) T2 0.71 (0.48, 0.89) T3 1.39 (1.16, 1.57)
LIS component
 Current smoker (%) 3.5 10.0 33.1  < 0.001
Physical activity categories (%) 0.045
 Low active 28.3 30.3 36.6
 Moderately active 34.5 36.3 31.8
 High active 37.2 33.4 31.6
BMI categories  < 0.001
 Normal weight (BMI < 25) (%) 100.0 3.5 0.0
 Overweight (BMI = 25–29.9) (%) 0.0 96.5 26.1
 Obese (BMI ≥ 30) (%) 0.0 0.0 73.9

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation for normally distributed variables and median (25–75 interquartile range) for skewed variables

DIS: dietary inflammation scores, LIS: lifestyle inflammation scores