Table 4 Summary of longitudinal associations between diet score category and inflammatory markers in a general adult population
Diet score category | Inflammatory marker assessed | Improved inflammatory status n | No change n | Reduced inflammatory status n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
National recommendations | Adiponectin | 1 | 4 | |
CRP | 4 | 6 | ||
IL-6 | 1 | 1 | ||
TNF-α | 1 | |||
National recommendation totals | 6 | 12 | ||
Healthy | Adiponectin | 2 | ||
CRP | 2 | 3 | ||
Healthy totals | 4 | 3 | ||
Mediterranean | Adiponectin | 2 | ||
CRP | 3 | |||
Mediterranean totals | 3 | 2 | ||
Inflammatory indices | CRP | 3 | 1 | |
Inflammatory indices totals | 3 | 1 |