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Table 2 Distribution of 155 case and 310 control characteristics across categories of Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII)

From: “Association between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and risk of irritable bowel syndrome: a case-control study”

Variables

Mean ± SD or N (%)

P value

Quartile1

(<−1.49)

Quartile2

(−1.49 ≤ to < 0.11)

Quartile3

(0.11 ≤ to < 1.65)

Quartile4

(1.65≤)

Age (year) a

Case

38.85 ± 13.72

37.57 ± 11.66

39.92 ± 13.81

39.72 ± 10.57

0.857

Control

39.92 ± 12.67

39.75 ± 12.04

38.11 ± 12.26

38.87 ± 11.61

0.771

Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) a

Case

24.51 ± 2.62

24.52 ± 3.39

25.66 ± 3.83

25.69 ± 4.19

0.330

Control

24.38 ± 3.68

25.09 ± 3.57

25.52 ± 3.45

25.58 ± 2.90

0.107

Waist circumference (WC,cm) a

Case

89.85 ± 12.01

92.75 ± 11.90

94.47 ± 11.68

96.60 ± 12.47

0.106

Control

90.05 ± 12.22

92.80 ± 11.83

92.89 ± 11.20

94.55 ± 9.64

0.109

Total energy (Kcal) a

Case

1896.10 ± 360.78

2098.27 ± 298.56

2275.73 ± 349.66

2420.80 ± 322.16

0.000

Control

2221.55 ± 424.37

2261.26 ± 401 ± 19

2400.40 ± 415.39

2464.10 ± 487.91

0.002

Physical activity (MET) a

Case

782.48 ± 1232.04

710.92 ± 887.50

842.56 ± 1482.24

1676.19 ± 2099.93

0.015

Control

1060.17 ± 1729.62

1194.27 ± 1335.09

1236.95 ± 1314.58

2028.97 ± 3288.18

0.022

Marital status b

Single

Control

23 (30.7%)

19 (25.3%)

17 (22.7%)

16 (21.3%)

0.849

Married

Control

67 (28.5%)

67 (28.5%)

59 (25.1%)

42 (17.95)

Single

Case

11 (25.6%)

14 (32.6%)

8 (18.6%)

10 (23.3%)

0.003

Married

Case

16 (14.3%)

14 (12.5%)

34 (30.4%)

48 (42.9%)

Occupation b

Freelance

Control

48 (28.7%)

45 (26.9%)

38 (22.8%)

36 (21.6%)

0.787

Employee

Control

20 (32.8%)

17 (27.9%)

13 (21.3%)

11 (18.0%)

Unemployed

Control

5 (38.5%)

4 (30.8%)

3 (23.1%)

1 (7.7%)

Housewife

Control

17 (24.6%)

20 (29.0%)

22 (31.9%)

10 (14.5%)

Freelance

Case

10 (16.9%)

9 (15.3%)

12 (20.3%)

28 (47.5%)

0.388

Employee

Case

7 (14.6%)

9 (18.8%)

13 (27.1%)

19 (39.6%)

Unemployed

Case

1 (20.0%)

2 (40.0%)

2 (40.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Housewife

Case

9 (20.9%)

8 (18.6%)

15 (34.9%)

11 (25.6%)

Smoking b

Yes

Control

3 (15.8%)

5 (26.3%)

4 (21.1%)

7 (36.8%)

0.180

No

Control

87 (29.9%)

81 (27.8%)

72 (24.7%)

51 (17.5%)

Yes

Case

1 (6.7%)

3 (20.0%)

5 (33.3%)

6 (40.0%)

0.704

No

Case

26 (18.6%)

25 (17.9%)

37 (26.4%)

52 (37.1%)

Passive smoking b

Yes

Control

73 (27.4%)

78 (29.3%)

67 (25.2%)

48 (18.0%)

0.250

No

Control

17 (38.6%)

8 (18.2%)

9 (20.5%)

10 (22.7%)

Yes

Case

22 (18.3%)

20 (16.7%)

30 (25/0%)

48 (40.0%)

0.451

No

Case

5 (14.3%)

8 (22.9%)

12 (34.3%)

10 (28.6%)

  1. aThe One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for comparison of the variables between DII quartiles
  2. bData are numbers (%), and were analyzed by chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test