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. 2022 May 20;61(7):3471–3486. doi: 10.1007/s00394-022-02860-9

Table 5.

Association between the children’s Dietary Inflammatory Score (cDIS) at 7, 10 and 13 years and individual cardiometabolic risk factors at 17 years, using imputed datasets in the ALSPAC cohort (n = 1937)

CMR Factors z-score at 17 years (n = 1937) Children's Dietary Inflammatory Score (cDIS), per 1-unit increment
cDIS at 7 years cDIS at 10 years cDIS at 13 years
β (95% CI )a p value β (95% CI )a p value β (95% CI )a p value
Anthropometric
Body Mass Index 0.15 (0.05, 0.26) 0.003 0.14 (0.03, 0.24) 0.009 0.07 (− 0.03, 0.17) 0.165
Fat Mass Indexb 0.05 (0.02, 0.08) 0.001 0.05 (0.02, 0.08) 0.003 0.03 (− 0.001, 0.06) 0.059
Waist circumference N/A N/A N/A
Blood lipids
Total cholesterol 0.02 (− 0.01,0.05) 0.293 0.00 (− 0.03, 0.03) 0.817 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.04) 0.357
HDL-cholesterolb 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05) 0.183 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.04) 0.387 − 0.01 (− 0.04, 0.02) 0.355
LDL-cholesterolb 0.03 (− 0.001, 0.06) 0.055 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.04) 0.492 0.02 (− 0.02, 0.05) 0.321
Triacylglycerolb − 0.01 (− 0.05, 0.02) 0.343 − 0.01 (− 0.04, 0.02) 0.615 − 0.03 (− 0.06, − 0.00) 0.046
Blood pressure
Systolic BP 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.005 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05) 0.212 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05) 0.209
Diastolic BP 0.03 (− 0.004, 0.06) 0.095 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.015 0.03 (0.004, 0.06) 0.027
Mean Arterial BPb 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.016 0.03 (0.003, 0.06) 0.031 0.03 (0.002, 0.06) 0.039
Glucose metabolism
Insulin 0.03 (− 0.002, 0.06) 0.066 0.05 (0.02, 0.08) 0.003 0.03 (0.001, 0.06) 0.043
Glucose 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05) 0.209 − 0.00 (− 0.04, 0.03) 0.789 − 0.01 (− 0.04, 0.02) 0.503
HOMA-IRb 0.03 (− 0.001, 0.06) 0.055 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.006 0.03 (− 0.002, 0.06) 0.068

cDIS energy adjusted children's Dietary Inflammatory Score, CMR score Cardiometabolic risk score, HOMA-IR Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance, BP Blood Pressure, HDL cholesterol High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL cholesterol low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. aBeta coefficients (95% confidence intervals) derived from multivariable linear regression models adjusted for sex, dietary misreporting, physical activity at 11 and 13 years, mother's highest education level, highest family social class. bCardiometabolic parameters included in the Cardiometabolic Risk Score