Table 2 Summary of cross-sectional associations between diet score category and inflammatory markers in a general adult population
| Diet score category | Inflammatory marker assessed |
Inverse association n | No association n |
Positive association n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflammatory indicesa | Adiponectin | 2 | 3 | |
| CRP | 5 | 7 | ||
| Fibrinogen | 1 | |||
| IL-6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| TNF-α | 2 | 5 | ||
| Inflammatory indices – total | 11 | 23 | ||
| Healthy | Adiponectin | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| CRP | 10 | 3 | ||
| Fibrinogen | 2 | 2 | ||
| IL-6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| TNF-α | 2 | 1 | ||
| Healthy totals | 20 | 12 | 1 | |
| Mediterranean | Adiponectin | 2 | 2 | |
| CRP | 10 | 3 | ||
| Fibrinogen | 3 | 1 | ||
| IL-6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| TNF-α | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mediterranean totals | 21 | 10 | ||
| National recommendation | Adiponectin | 1 | ||
| CRP | 10 | 9 | ||
| Fibrinogen | 2 | |||
| IL-6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| TNF-α | 1 | |||
| National recommendation totals | 14 | 15 | ||
| Unhealthy | CRP | 1 | ||
| IL-6 | 1 | |||
| TNF-α | 1 | |||
| Unhealthy total | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mixed | CRP | 1 | 2 | |
| Mixed totals | 1 | 2 |