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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants across tertiles of DII also base on case and control groups

From: Dietary inflammatory index and risk of gallstone disease in Iranian women: a case-control study

Variables

Participants

Dietary Inflammatory Index

Case

n = 74

Control

n = 75

Pa

T1

n = 49

T2

n = 50

T3

n = 50

Pb

General characteristics

Age (year)

51.47 ± 12.54

44.16 ± 9.03

< 0.001

45.40 ± 10.62

47.68 ± 11.42

50.24 ± 12.04

0.11

Weight (kg)

69.29 ± 11.16

72.74 ± 9.82

0.04

74.85 ± 9.88

70.20 ± 7.73

68.12 ± 12.69

0.005

Height (cm)

160.16 ± 5.64

161.41 ± 7.43

0.25

161.06 ± 7.37

161.10 ± 6.53

160.22 ± 5.97

0.757

BMI (kg/m2)

27.06 ± 4.61

27.90 ± 3.11

0.19

28.86 ± 3.30

27.06 ± 2.75

26.55 ± 5.06

0.008

Smoking

 

0.37

 

0.20

Yes

2 (2.7%)

0 (0.00)

 

0

2(4%)

1(2%)

 

No

72 (97.3%)

75 (100)

 

49 (100%)

48 (96%)

49(98%)

 

IPAC (level)

 

0.57

 

0.16

Light

59 (79.7%)

58 (77.3%)

 

34 (69.4)

38 (76%)

45 (90%)

 

Medium

10 (13.5%)

14 (18.7%)

 

11 (22.4)

9 (18%)

4 (8%)

 

Severe

5 (6.8%)

3 (4%)

 

4 (8.2)

3 (6%)

1 (2%)

 

Clinical markers

hs-CRP (mg/dL)

14.91 ± 9.84

5.35 ± 3.51

< 0.001

8.11 ± 6.87

9.54 ± 8.11

12.61 ± 10.46

0.03

MDA (nmol/mL)

3.97 ± 3.07

1.66 ± 0.40

< 0.001

2.28 ± 1.69

2.11 ± 1.27

4.04 ± 3.41

< 0.001

  1. BMI: Body mass index; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein; MDA: Malondialdehyde; DII: Dietary Inflammatory Index
  2. Values are means ± SD and number (prevalence percent) for quantitative and qualitative variables, respectively.
  3. a Obtained from Independent t-test for quantitative variables and Chi-squared test for qualitative variables
  4. b Obtained from one way ANOVA for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables
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BMC Gastroenterology

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