TABLE 4.

Subgroup analysis of the association between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) stratified by sex and diseases.

Disease	Sex	DII	OR (95% CI)#	P
ASCVD
	Female	continuous	1.13 (1.08,1.18)	<0.001
	Male	continuous	1.00 (0.96,1.04)	0.94
Hard criteria	Total	<−2	0.81 (0.42, 1.58)	0.53
		−2∼3	1.08 (1.03,1.14)	0.004
		≥3	1.28 (1.06,1.53)	0.01
	Female	continuous	1.13 (1.07,1.18)	<0.001
	Male	continuous	1.02 (0.97,1.07)	0.36
CHD	Total	continuous	1.01 (0.97,1.05)	0.58
	Female	continuous	1.08 (1.00,1.16)	0.05
	Male	continuous	0.98 (0.93,1.03)	0.46
Angina	Total	continuous	1.00 (0.95,1.06)	0.92
	Female	continuous	1.07 (1.00,1.14)	0.05
	Male	continuous	0.96 (0.89,1.03)	0.26
Heart attack	Total	continuous	1.04 (0.99,1.09)	0.12
	Female	continuous	1.12 (1.04,1.20)	0.002
	Male	<−1.5	0.64 (0.37, 1.10)	0.11
		−1.5∼0	0.63 (0.32,1.22)	0.17
		0∼2.5	1.03 (0.85,1.24)	0.77
		≥2.5	0.79 (0.60,1.03)	0.08
Stroke	Total	<−1.5	1.60 (0.90, 2.86)	0.11
		−1.5∼3	1.11 (1.02,1.20)	0.01
		≥3	1.44 (1.15,1.81)	0.002
	Female	<2.5	1.11 (0.98,1.25)	0.12
		≥2.5	1.25 (1.01,1.54)	0.04
	Male	<−2	3.95 (0.92,16.90)	0.06
		−2∼3.5	1.06 (0.97,1.15)	0.19
		≥3.5	2.29 (1.08,4.86)	0.03

^#Weighted results. Hard criteria: including stroke and heart attack. We adjusted age, sex, race or ethnicity, body mass index, education level, smoking status, poverty, insurance, hyperlipemia, hypertension, and diabetes. Bold represents P < 0.05.