. 2021 Mar 6;2021:2934082. doi: 10.1155/2021/2934082

Table 2.

Correlation (r, p value) between age, BMI, and clinical/biochemical variables and three diet quality indices.

Diet quality indices
Variables r p value	DQI-I	HEI	PI
Age	0.062	0.104	0.154
Age	0.345	0.111	0.018∗

BMI	−0.22	−0.123	−0.131
BMI	0.740	0.059	0.045∗

BP-systolic	−0.023	0.002	−0.032
BP-systolic	0.729	0.972	0.629

BP-diastolic	−0.062	0.11	−0.095
BP-diastolic	0.348	0.869	0.146

TG (mg/dl)	0.006	0.110	−0.098
TG (mg/dl)	0.931	0.094	0.136

Insulin (µU/ml)	−0.034	−0.050	−0.098
Insulin (µU/ml)	0.602	0.449	0.135

TC (mg/dl)	0.083	0.110	−0.014
TC (mg/dl)	0.207	0.039∗	0.833

LDL-C (mg/dl)	0.089	0.130	-0.046
LDL-C (mg/dl)	0.174	0.047∗	0.485

HDL-C (mg/dl)	0.046	0.058	0.129
HDL-C (mg/dl)	0.485	0.378	0.048∗

HbA1c (%)	0.017	0.49	−0.002
HbA1c (%)	0.790	0.453	0.977

Insulin resistance	0.064	0.113	0.093
Insulin resistance	0.801	0.884	0.102

FBS (mg/dl)	−0.86	0.035	−0.090
FBS (mg/dl)	0.189	0.591	0.171

^∗ p < 0.05. BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; DQI-I, Diet Quality Index-International; FBS, fasting blood sugar; HEI, Healthy Eating Index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PI, phytochemical index; TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol.