Table 1.
Characteristics of study subjects*
(Mean values and standard deviations; median values and percentiles)
| Case (n 60) | Control (n 60) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P | |
| Age (years)† | 59·3 | 11·8 | 56·03 | 8·8 | 0·107 | |
| Weight (kg)† | 77·4 | 14·1 | 74·2 | 14·8 | 0·227 | |
| BMI (kg/m2)† | 27·3 | 4·8 | 26·51 | 5·8 | 0·310 | |
| E-DII† | 1·64 | 0·66 | –0·66 | 0·4 | 0·001 | |
| CRP (mg/l)‡ | ||||||
| Median | 9·0 | 2·85 | < 0·001 | |||
| Range | 3·0–31·0 | 1·3–4·45 | ||||
| ESR (mm/h)‡ | ||||||
| Median | 10·0 | 5·0 | < 0·001 | |||
| Range | 4·0–45·5 | 2·5–13·5 | ||||
| BDI† | 20·1 | 9 | 14·1 | 4 | < 0·001 | |
| Death | 5 | 8·03 | 0 | 0 | < 0·001 | |
| Sex | Male | 43 | 70 | 42 | 70 | 0·555 |
| Female | 18 | 30 | 18 | 30 | ||
| Activity | Low | 37 | 60·0 | 40 | 66 | 0·156 |
| Moderate | 20 | 35·0 | 18 | 30 | ||
| High | 3 | 5·0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Smoking | Yes | 18 | 30·0 | 10 | 17·0 | 0·523 |
| No | 43 | 70·0 | 50 | 83·0 | ||
| Diabetes | Yes | 18 | 30 | 13 | 21 | 0·604 |
| No | 42 | 70 | 47 | 78 | ||
| Hypertension | Yes | 29 | 48 | 21 | 34 | 0·203 |
| No | 31 | 52 | 39 | 66 | ||
E-DII, Energy-Adjusted Dietary Inflammatory Index, CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory.
*
Values are expressed as frequency (%) and P-value based on χ 2 test.
†
Values are expressed as mean (sd) and P-value based on Independent-samples t test.
‡
Values are expressed as median (percentile 25 to 75) and P-value based on Mann–Whitney U test.