Table 2 –
Demographic and risk factors of the study population by the median dietary inflammatory score and by race.
| Variables | African American | Caucasian American | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIS | P value | DIS | P value | |||
| <2 ( n = 137) | ≥2 ( n = 190) | <2 ( n = 105) | ≥2 ( n = 77) | |||
| Median age (y) | ||||||
| < 23 | 68 (50%) | 99 (52%) | .6593 | 52 (50%) | 36 (47%) | .7117 |
| ≥ 23 | 69 (50%) | 91 (48%) | 53 (50%) | 41 (53%) | ||
| Health insurance paid on their own | ||||||
| Yes | 56 (41%) | 75 (39%) | .7985 | 67(64%) | 55 (71%) | .2800 |
| No | 81 (59%) | 115 (61%) | 38 (36%) | 22 (29%) | ||
| BMI a (kg/m 2 ) | ||||||
| < 25 | 39 (28%) | 67 (35%) | .1952 | 50 (48%) | 49 (64%) | .0321 |
| ≥ 25 | 98 (72%) | 151 (65%) | 55 (52%) | 28 (36%) | ||
| % Body fat | ||||||
| < 33% | 40 (29%) | 63 (33%) | .4468 | 53 (50%) | 45 (58%) | .2869 |
| ≥ 33% | 97 (71 %) | 127 (67%) | 52 (50%) | 32 (42%) | ||
| Waist circumference (cm) | ||||||
| < 88 | 45 (33%) | 74 (39%) | .2579 | 47 (45%) | 42 (55%) | .1921 |
| ≥ 88 | 92 (67%) | 116 (61%) | 58 (55%) | 35 (45%) | ||
| Moderate physical activity (minutes/week) | ||||||
| < 150 | 107 (78%) | 158 (83%) | .2498 | 80 (76%) | 63 (82%) | .3606 |
| ≥ 150 | 30 (22%) | 32 (17%) | 25 (24%) | 14 (18%) | ||
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Non current | 109 (80%) | 133 (70%) | .0518 | 45 (43%) | 33 (43%) | 1.0000 |
| Current | 28 (20%) | 57 (30%) | 60 (57%) | 44 (57%) | ||
| Parity | ||||||
| 0 live births | 54 (39%) | 60 (32%) | .1423 | 33 (31%) | 23 (30%) | .8219 |
| ≥1 live births | 83 (61%) | 130 (68%) | 72 (69%) | 54 (70%) | ||
Values are number and percentage of the population.
P values are for Pearson χ2 test.
a
BMI-body mass index.