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Table 2 Anthropometric characteristics and energy intake of participants across quartiles (Q) of the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) scores

From: Association between dietary inflammatory index scores and the increased disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study

 

Quartiles of the Dietary Inflammatory Index scores

 

Variables

Q1

Lower Inflammatory Diet

Q2

Q3

Q4

Higher Inflammatory Diet

P-value†

DII, median

- 2.31

- 0.99

- 0.48

 + 0.68

-

Number

46

46

46

46

-

Energy intake, Kcal/day

3543 ± 370

3726 ± 367

3451 ± 576

3074 ± 597

0.001

Weight; kg

70.61 ± 15.21

70.79 ± 12.06

71.93 ± 11.97

63.48 ± 12.57

0.008

Body mass index; kg/m2

27.19 ± 5.34

27.71 ± 5.09

28.41 ± 4.80

25.67 ± 4.92

0.066

Fat mass; kg

24.51 ± 9.49

25.38 ± 8.02

26.23 ± 7.07

21.31 ± 7.92

0.026

Fat free mass; kg

46.10 ± 6.64

45.41 ± 5.24

45.71 ± 5.61

42.16 ± 5.43

0.004

Waist circumference; cm

93.52 ± 11.47

93.51 ± 15.76

96.52 ± 9.37

92.00 ± 9.48

0.318

  1. Data are presented as a mean ± standard deviation
  2. Abbreviation. DII Dietary inflammatory index
  3. † P-value was obtained from the one-way ANOVA test