Table 1.
Individual, household, and neighborhood characteristics of participants across quartiles of E-DII a.
| Characteristic | Total | Q1 −4.89 to −3.43 |
Q2 −3.42 to −1.63 |
Q3 −1.62 to 1.16 |
Q4 1.17 to 4.45 |
p b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of participants | 276 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 69 | |
| Age (years) | 35.5 ± 8.1 | 35.3 ± 8.7 | 35.3 ± 8.5 | 35.3 ± 6.3 | 36.1 ± 8.7 | 0.91 |
| Self-reported ethnicity | ||||||
| Mestizo majority | 92.4 | 91.3 | 89.9 | 94.2 | 94.2 | 0.50 |
| Indigenous or afro-descendant minority | 7.6 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 5.8 | 5.8 | |
| Education (years) |
7.7 ± 3.7 | 8.2 ± 3.8 | 7.7 ± 3.8 | 7.1 ± 3.3 | 7.9 ± 3.9 | 0.34 |
| Marital status Legal or civil marital union |
84.4 | 78.2 | 81.1 | 88.4 | 90.0 | 0.02 |
| Single | 6.2 | 2.9 | 14.5 | 5.8 | 1.5 | |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 9.4 | 18.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 8.5 | |
| Current employment | ||||||
| Any employment outside home | 55.8 | 50.7 | 59.4 | 53.6 | 59.4 | 0.66 |
| Full-time homemaker | 44.2 | 49.3 | 40.6 | 46.4 | 40.6 | |
| Household size (no. of members) |
4.7 ± 1.4 | 4.9 ± 1.3 | 4.5 ± 1.6 | 4.7 ± 1.3 | 4.8 ± 1.5 | 0.53 |
|
Per capita income (US$/month) |
125.4 ± 88.9 | 121.5 ± 107.2 | 140.1 ± 104.1 | 121.6 ± 75.3 | 118.3.6 ± 60.4 | 0.46 |
| Neighborhood of residence | ||||||
| Cotocollao | 41.3 | 45.6 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 38.2 | 0.28 |
| El Camal | 35.9 | 29.4 | 31.9 | 33.3 | 47.1 | |
| Los Chillos | 22.8 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 14.7 | |
| SBP (mmHg) | 115.5 ± 13.5 | 111.9 ± 12.1 | 116.5 ± 14.8 | 116.6 ± 13.1 | 117.1 ± 13.4 | 0.08 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 66.8 ± 10.5 | 63.0 ± 8.3 | 66.4 ± 11.4 | 69.2 ± 10.1 | 68.4 ± 11.2 | 0.002 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 179.3 ± 34.9 | 159.6 ± 31.7 | 179.1 ± 28.8 | 180.5 ± 31.7 | 198.0 ± 36.6 | <0.001 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 145.9 ± 88.4 | 87.7 ± 44.3 | 116.9 ± 28.9 | 166.4 ± 83.0 | 212.4 ± 113.8 | <0.001 |
| HDL-c (mg/dL) | 48.5 ± 14.8 | 50.6 ± 14.5 | 48.8 ± 14.1 | 46.3 ± 11.9 | 48.4 ± 18.0 | 0.40 |
| LDL-c (mg/dL) | 103.3 ± 29.2 | 92.7 ± 28.4 | 106.2 ± 27.3 | 103.9 ± 28.8 | 109.9 ± 29.9 | 0.005 |
| Blood glucose (mg/dL) | 87.2 ± 17.8 | 87.4 ± 19.8 | 84.0 ± 9.3 | 85.5 ± 9.5 | 90.9 ± 26.3 | 0.16 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 88.2 ± 14.3 | 82.4 ± 18.5 | 87.8 ± 13.2 | 90.3 ± 9.6 | 92.1 ± 12.7 | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: DII, dietary inflammatory index; Q, quartile. a Data are means ± SDs or proportions. b p values were calculated for any difference across quartiles of DII, using students’ independent t-test or ANOVA (continuous variables) or X2 test (categorical variables). The clinical, lab, and anthropometric summary statistics are non-log transformed.