Table 4.

Associations between DII and MetS, stratified by physical activity level

	DII Q2	DII Q3	DII Q4
	aOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
Physical activitya
Not ideal (n = 3541)	0.68 (0.38,1.20)	0.73 (0.40,1.31)	0.89 (0.55,1.46)
Ideal (n = 2106)	1.65 (0.79,3.43)	0.92 (0.45,1.88)	1.38 (0.74,2.59)

Adjusted for BMI, race, smoke exposure and sedentary time

DII dietary inflammatory index, MetS metabolic syndrome, MET metabolic equivalent of task, Q quartile

^aIdeal physical activity: ≥ 180 MET-min/day (i.e., 60 min/day moderate-to-vigorous physical activity); not ideal physical activity: < 180 MET-min/day