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

Table 6.

Association between the children’s Dietary Inflammatory Score (cDIS) at 7, 10 and 13 years and individual cardiometabolic risk factors at 24 years, using imputed datasets in the ALSPAC cohort (n = 1957)

CMR Factors z-score at 24 years (n = 1957) 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 0.16 (0.09, 0.23) < 0.001 0.08 (0.01, 0.14) 0.032 0.07 (− 0.00, 0.14) 0.057
Fat Mass Indexb 0.06 (0.03, 0.09) < 0.001 0.03 (0.00, 0.06) 0.022 0.03 (0.0002, 0.06) 0.050
Waist circumference 0.05 (0.02, 0.08) 0.002 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.012 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.06) 0.171
Blood lipids
Total cholesterol 0.00 (− 0.03, 0.03) 0.786 0.00 (− 0.02, 0.04) 0.595 0.00 (− 0.03, 0.03) 0.891
HDL-cholesterolb 0.03 (− 0.0004, 0.06) 0.053 0.01 (− 0.01, 0.04) 0.335 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05) 0.267
LDL-cholesterolb 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05) 0.196 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.03) 0.595 0.01 (− 0.12, 0.04) 0.495
Triacylglycerolb 0.09 (− 0.02, 0.20) 0.121 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.04) 0.492 − 0.01 (− 0.04, 0.02) 0.742
Blood pressure
Systolic BP 0.05 (0.02, 0.08) 0.003 0.03 (− 0.004, 0.06) 0.085 0.03 (− 0.003, 0.06) 0.074
Diastolic BP 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.004 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.04) 0.508 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.04) 0.347
Mean Arterial BPb 0.05 (0.02, 0.08) 0.002 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05) 0.245 0.02 (− 0.01, 0.05) 0.164
Glucose metabolism
Insulin 0.05 (0.02, 0.08) 0.001 0.03 (− 0.01, 0.06) 0.066 0.03 (− 0.0005, 0.06) 0.054
Glucose 0.00 (− 0.03, 0.03) 0.926 − 0.01 (− 0.04, 0.02) 0.515 0.00 (− 0.03, 0.03) 0.991
HOMA-IRb 0.05 (0.02,0.08) 0.001 0.02 (− 0.005, 0.05) 0.103 0.03 (− 0.002, 0.06) 0.069

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