Table 1 Comparison of descriptive characteristics of women with less inflammatory diets (DII score tertile 1) vs. women with more inflammatory diets (DII score tertile 3)

Age (years)

60.3

6.9

60.1

6.9

0.33

Neighborhood SES^a (score)

69.4

10.2

68.0

10.4

0.002

Physical Activity (hr/wk)

183.2

192.7

143.5

171.0

 < 0.0001

Alcohol intake (g/day)

1.5

3.8

0.9

2.6

 < 0.0001

BMI^a (kg/m²)

28.9

5.6

28.5

5.7

0.08

AMI^a genetic ancestry (proportion)

0.26

0.2

0.28

0.2

0.003

Energy intake (kcal/d)

2254.5

818.2

1049.7

322.2

 < 0.0001

Carbohydrates (g/day)

284.8

95.5

130.8

45.7

 < 0.0001

Total Fat (g/day)

83.0

44.1

40.2

17.8

 < 0.0001

Saturated Fat (g/day)

27.1

15.5

13.1

6.5

 < 0.0001

Trans Fat (g/day)

5.2

3.5

2.6

1.6

 < 0.0001

Cholesterol (mg/day)

310.4

184.8

157.1

86.3

 < 0.0001

Protein (g/day)

95.3

36.4

41.3

13.9

 < 0.0001

Sugar (g/day)

129.2

59.4

62.4

32.8

 < 0.0001

Dietary Fiber (g/day)

22.9

7.5

9.1

3.2

 < 0.0001

Variable

n

(%)

n

(%)

P-Value

Obesity (yes)

417

36.6

371

32.5

0.04

Smoking (yes)

394

34.9

412

36.3

0.47

Hypertension (yes)

659

57.0

674

58.3

0.53

Hypercholesterolemia (yes)

168

15.6

165

15.4

0.87

Diabetes (yes)

93

8.1

94

8.1

0.94

Preferred language (English)

871

75.4

866

74.9

0.81

Nutritional supplements use (yes)

606

52.4

563

48.7

0.07

Hormone treatment arm (yes)

244

21.1

275

23.8

0.12