Table 3.
Multivariate adjusted means for muscle strength and muscle endurance across quartile of the dietary inflammation score (DIS), lifestyle inflammation score (LIS), and the dietary and lifestyle inflammation score (DLIS) for the participants, separately.
| Variable | Q1 (n = 65) (most anti-inflammatory) |
Q2 (n = 66) | Q3 (n = 67) | Q4 (n = 65) (most pro-inflammatory) |
P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories of the DIS | −3.02 to −1.07 | −1.06 to −0.49 | −0.45 to 0.14 | 0.15 to 1.55 | |
| MMS (kg) | 31.3 ± 0.85 | 32.4 ± 0.87 | 30.9 ± 0.85 | 29.3 ± 0.84 | 0.085 |
| MSR (kg) | 32.6 ± 0.91 | 34.0 ± 0.92 | 32.3 ± 0.90 | 30.1 ± 0.89 | 0.024 |
| MSL (kg) | 29.9 ± 0.87 | 30.9 ± 0.89 | 29.4 ± 0.87 | 28.6 ± 0.85 | 0.325 |
| MME (s) | 122 ± 8.14 | 125 ± 8.53 | 135 ± 8.59 | 114 ± 8.00 | 0.362 |
| MER (s) | 127 ± 6.52 | 133 ± 6.83 | 132 ± 6.87 | 122 ± 6.40 | 0.614 |
| MEL (s) | 117 ± 12.2 | 117 ± 12.8 | 138 ± 12.9 | 107 ± 12.0 | 0.367 |
| Categories of the LIS | −0.41 to −0.18 | 0 to 0.32 | 0.48 to 0.89 | 0.98 to 2.07 | |
| MMS (kg) | 30.8 ± 0.80 | 30.3 ± 1.05 | 30.5 ± 0.76 | 32.3 ± 1.08 | 0.558 |
| MSR (kg) | 32.2 ± 0.85 | 32.0 ± 1.12 | 31.6 ± 0.81 | 33.4 ± 1.16 | 0.675 |
| MSL (kg) | 29.4 ± 0.81 | 28.7 ± 1.06 | 29.4 ± 0.77 | 31.2 ± 1.10 | 0.449 |
| MME (s) | 128 ± 7.70 | 124 ± 10.4 | 117 ± 7.28 | 127 ± 10.3 | 0.714 |
| MER (s) | 131 ± 6.09 | 135 ± 8.30 | 124 ± 5.75 | 124 ± 8.18 | 0.680 |
| MEL (s) | 124 ± 11.6 | 114 ± 15.8 | 110 ± 10.9 | 131 ± 15.6 | 0.639 |
| Categories of the DLIS | −2.94 to −0.89 | −0.88 to −0.14 | −0.13 to 0.58 | 0.6 to 3.09 | |
| MMS (kg) | 32.0 ± 0.87 | 31.3 ± 0.88 | 30.6 ± 0.85 | 29.7 ± 0.89 | 0.294 |
| MSR (kg) | 33.8 ± 0.92 | 32.5 ± 0.93 | 31.8 ± 0.91 | 30.7 ± 0.95 | 0.142 |
| MSL (kg) | 30.3 ± 0.88 | 30.1 ± 0.89 | 29.4 ± 0.87 | 28.7 ± 0.90 | 0.590 |
| MME (s) | 125 ± 8.29 | 132 ± 8.67 | 118 ± 8.17 | 119 ± 8.70 | 0.630 |
| MER (s) | 127 ± 6.49 | 141 ± 6.79 | 127 ± 6.40 | 116 ± 6.81 | 0.095 |
| MEL (s) | 122 ± 12.5 | 124 ± 13.1 | 109 ± 12.3 | 122 ± 13.1 | 0.820 |
MMS, Mean muscle strength; MSL, Muscle strength of left hand, MSR; Muscle strength of right hand, MME, Mean muscle endurance; MEL, Muscle endurance of left hand, MER; Muscle endurance of right hand; Q, quartile; S, second.
Obtained from ANCOVA test. all values are adjusted for age, sex, energy intake, marriage status, occupation, and education status. DIS was adjusted further for body mass index, physical activity, and smoking status. P < 0.05 is significant.
Significant values are in [bold].