Table 2 Dietary intakes of study participants across quartiles of dietary inflammatory potential (n = 812)^*

 Energy (kcal/d)

1973.38 ± 43.72

1820.15 ± 43.64

1985.44 ± 43.61

2299.87 ± 43.76

<  0.001

 Carbohydrate (g/d)

287.40 ± 2.27

280.84 ± 2.29

266.07 ± 2.26

253.12 ± 2.33

<  0.001

 Fat (g/d)

65.73 ± 0.94

69.38 ± 0.95

74.62 ± 0.94

82.85 ± 0.97

<  0.001

 Protein (g/d)

90.39 ± 1.01

85.28 ± 1.02

85.66 ± 1.01

76.93 ± 1.04

<  0.001

 Fiber (g/d)

37.02 ± 0.45

32.85 ± 0.46

30.13 ± 0.45

24.77 ± 0.46

<  0.001

 Cholesterol (mg/d)

244.18 ± 6.08

234.79 ± 6.14

251.77 ± 6.06

239.00 ± 6.24

0.22

 MUFA (g/d)

19.28 ± 0.30

19.65 ± 0.30

20.98 ± 0.30

20.55 ± 0.31

<  0.001

 PUFA (g/d)

13.76 ± 0.30

13.75 ± 0.31

14.20 ± 0.30

12.37 ± 0.31

<  0.001

 Saturated fat (g/d)

21.22 ± 0.46

23.12 ± 0.47

25.41 ± 0.46

26.86 ± 0.48

<  0.001

 Vitamin B12 (μg/d)

4.69 ± 0.11

4.61 ± 0.11

4.86 ± 0.11

4.90 ± 0.12

0.26

 Vitamin B6 (mg/d)

2.15 ± 0.02

1.91 ± 0.02

1.81 ± 0.02

1.67 ± 0.02

<  0.001

 Folic acid (μg/d)

583.23 ± 9.19

530.35 ± 9.29

485.51 ± 9.16

413.30 ± 9.43

<  0.001

 Vitamin A (RE/d)

950.22 ± 19.11

726.54 ± 19.32

625.11 ± 19.06

516.33 ± 19.61

<  0.001

 Vitamin C (mg/d)

279.16 ± 6.46

241.56 ± 6.53

199.31 ± 6.45

167.39 ± 6.63

<  0.001

 Vitamin D (μg/d)

2.73 ± 0.13

2.86 ± 0.13

2.97 ± 0.13

2.60 ± 0.13

0.26

 Vitamin E (mg/d)

11.48 ± 0.21

10.26 ± 0.21

9.71 ± 0.21

8.75 ± 0.21

<  0.001

 β-Carotene (μg/d)

8199.75 ± 188.02

5277.76 ± 190.00

3884.03 ± 187.46

2779.14 ± 192.95

<  0.001

 Caffeine (g/d)

72.32 ± 3.95

63.54 ± 3.99

63.83 ± 3.94

64.40 ± 4.05

0.33

 Mg (mg/d)

467.05 ± 3.75

414.71 ± 3.79

391.90 ± 3.74

344.73 ± 3.85

<  0.001

 Ca (mg/d)

1351.38 ± 29.14

1292.33 ± 29.45

1298.06 ± 29.06

1312.75 ± 29.91

0.47

 Fe (mg/d)

15.57 ± 0.16

13.66 ± 0.16

12.75 ± 0.16

11.04 ± 0.17

<  0.001