Table 3 Summary of cross-sectional associations between data-driven dietary pattern category and inflammatory markers in a general adult population
| Data-driven category | Inflammatory marker assessed |
Inverse association n |
No association n |
Positive association n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unhealthy | Adiponectin | 6 | 1 | |
| CRP | 3 | 21 | 5 | |
| Fibrinogen | 6 | |||
| IL-6 | 6 | 3 | ||
| TNF-α | 7 | |||
| Unhealthy totals | 3 | 46 | 10 | |
| Healthy | Adiponectin | 2 | 10 | |
| CRP | 6 | 8 | 1 | |
| Fibrinogen | 1 | 1 | ||
| IL-6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| TNF-α | 3 | |||
| Healthy totals | 11 | 25 | 1 | |
| Mixed | Adiponectin | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| CRP | 11 | 2 | ||
| Fibrinogen | 2 | |||
| IL-6 | 4 | 1 | ||
| TNF-α | 3 | |||
| Mixed totals | 1 | 28 | 4 | |
| Mediterranean | Adiponectin | 1 | 2 | |
| CRP | 5 | 3 | ||
| Fibrinogen | 1 | 3 | ||
| IL-6 | 1 | |||
| Mediterranean totals | 7 | 9 |