Table 4.
Meta-analysis of dietary inflammatory index and fracture
| Impairment | Number of study | Sample size | Pooled Effect size % (95% CI) | Model | Heterogeneity assessment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I2 % | Q test | P-value | |||||
| Fracture in Cohort studies | |||||||
| Overall | 15 | 174882 |
1.03 (0.97-1.09) |
Random | 75.5 | 57.19 | <0.001 |
| By sex | |||||||
| Male | 5 | 59876 |
0.97 (0.85-1.09) |
Random | 65.4 | 11.57 | 0.021 |
| Female | 8 | 115005 |
1.02 (0.95-1.09) |
Random | 79.7 | 34.49 | <0.001 |
| Both sex | 2 | 163494 |
1.29 (1.10-1.49) |
Random | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Definition of DII | |||||||
| Categorical | 9 | 173784 |
1.06 (0.97-1.15) |
Random | 71.5 | 28.03 | <0.001 |
| Continuous | 6 | 4746 |
1.006 (0.92- 1.09) |
Random | 80.6 | 25.73 | <0.001 |
| Fracture in non-Cohort studies | |||||||
| Overall | 7 | 22687 |
1.42 (1.17-1.67) |
Random | 55.9 | 13.60 | 0.04 |
| By sex | |||||||
| Male | 1 | 269 |
4.30 (0.3-48.25) |
Random | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Female | 1 | 781 |
2.08 (1.21- 2.95) |
Random | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Both sex | 5 | 22687 |
1.33 (1.12-1.56) |
Random | 52.5 | 8.41 | 0.03 |
| Definition of DII | |||||||
| Categorical | 6 | 20418 |
1.53 (1.20- 1.86) |
Random | 55.1 | 11.14 | 0.07 |
| Continuous | 1 | 2269 |
1.18 (0.96-1.40) |
Random | ---- | ---- | ---- |