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. 2022 Mar 2;21:14. doi: 10.1186/s12937-022-00766-0

Table 4.

LIS (Lifestyle Inflammation Score) and DIS (Dietary Inflammation Score) components among breast cancer and control groups

Groups, mean (SD) P-value
Case (n = 253) Control (n = 267)
LIS Component
LIS score 0.94 (0.54) 0.85 (0.62) 0.048
Current smoker, N(%) (3.2)8 (3.4)9 0.894
Physical activity categories 0.941
Moderately physically active, N(%) 142 (56.1) 151 (56.6)
Heavily physically active, N(%) 25 (9.9) 24 (9.6)
BMI categories 0.002
Overweight BMI, N(%) 112 (44.3) 93 (34.8)
Obese BMI, N(%) 109 (43.1) 109 (40.8)
DIS component
DIS score -0.15 (1.11) 0.06 (0.19) 0.002
Leafy greens and Cruciferous vegetables(g/d) 19.3 (16.2) 25.5 (22.8)  < 0.001
Tomatoes(g/d) 100.9 (85.3) 120.4 (82.3) 0.008
Apples and berries(g/d) 50.1 (54.0) 40.4 (35.9) 0.015
Deep yellow or orange Vegetables and fruit(g/d) 69.5 (62.0) 102.9 (69.5)  < 0.001
Other fruits and real fruit juices(g/d) 268.4 (173.1) 342.0 (157.9)  < 0.001
Other vegetables(g/d) 71.3 (44.4) 89.6 (42.4)  < 0.001
Legumes(g/d) 24.4 (21.8) 36.7 (28.9)  < 0.001
Fish(g/d) 11.3 (17.8) 14.6 (16.4) 0.029
Poultry(g/d) 27.9 (25.8) 28.3 (20.9) 0.861
Red and organ meats(g/d) 28.3 (24.1) 29.6 (21.3) 0.506
Processed meats(g/d) 6.44 (9.87) 2.50 (4.25)  < 0.001
Added sugars(g/d) 79.4 (90.8) 64.7 (78.5) 0.048
High-fat dairy(g/d) 98.6 (95.4) 88.3 (111.8) 0.260
Low-fat dairy(g/d) 260.4 (200.4) 311.9 (191.7) 0.003
Coffee and tea(g/d) 729.3 (569.5) 783.3 (540.2) 0.267
Nuts(g/d) 8.6 (10.7) 12.6 (12.9)  < 0.001
Other fats(g/d) 36.9 (25.4) 39.9 (30.7) 0.214
Refined grains and Starchy vegetables(g/d) 362.8 (197.2) 326.5 (172.1) 0.025