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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics according to DII quintilesa

From: Associations of healthy eating patterns with biological aging: national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES) 1999–2018

 

Dietary inflammatory index (DII)

P

Ptest

Q1 (≤ -0.35)

Q2 (-0.34–2.99)

Q3 (3.00–5.58)

Q4 (> 5.59)

N = 4167

N = 4166

N = 4167

N = 4166

Age, years

49.82(49.29,50.35)

49.76(49.21,50.31)

49.77(49.20,50.33)

49.30(48.72,49.89)

0.542

0.150

Male, n (%)

2599(62.4)

2183(52.4)

1754(42.1)

1442(34.6)

0.000

0.000

Non-Hispanic white, n (%)

2028(48.7)

1833(44.0)

1712(41.1)

1727(41.5)

0.000

1.000

BMI, kg/m2

28.51(28.32,28.71)

29.14(28.94,29.35)

29.78(29.57,30.00)

30.10(29.88,30.32)

0.000

0.000

Current smoking, n (%)

1757(42.2)

1770(42.5)

1681(40.3)

1941(46.6)

0.000

0.319

Current drinking, n (%)

3264(78.3)

3016(72.4)

2831(67.9)

2659(63.8)

0.000

0.000

Regular exercise, n (%)

2031(48.7)

1636(39.3)

1458(35.0)

1226(29.4)

0.000

0.000

College graduate or above, n (%)

2669(64.1)

2324(55.8)

1972(47.3)

1661(39.9)

0.000

0.000

> 55,000 annual household income, n (%)

1814(43.5)

1523(36.6)

1266(30.4)

1011(24.3)

0.000

0.000

Dietary supplements use, n (%)

2504(60.1)

2263(54.3)

2063(49.5)

1712(41.1)

0.000

0.000

Dietary inflammatory index

-4.50(-4.62,-4.37)

1.43(1.40,1.46)

4.30(4.28,4.32)

7.27(7.24,7.31)

0.000

0.000

Dietary approaches to stop hypertension index

28.66(28.57,28.75)

27.20(27.12,27.28)

26.24(26.16,26.32)

24.85(24.78,24.92)

0.000

0.000

Alternate mediterranean diet score

6.26(6.23,6.29)

5.87(5.84,5.90)

5.58(5.55,5.61)

5.11(5.08,5.13)

0.000

0.000

Healthy eating index 2015

59.33(58.98,59.67)

53.06(52.73,53.38)

49.37(49.06,49.68)

43.17(42.88,43.46)

0.000

0.000

Chronic kidney disease, n (%)

70(1.9)

81(2.3)

125(3.5)

154(4.4)

0.000

0.000

Self-reported cancer, n (%)

428(10.3)

436(10.5)

413(9.9)

404(9.7)

0.000

0.000

Self-reported cardiovascular diseases, n (%)

342(8.2)

423(10.2)

469(11.3)

552(13.3)

0.000

0.000

Self-reported hypertension, n (%)

1388(33.3)

1458(35.0)

1542(37.0)

1590(38.2)

0.000

0.000

Self-reported diabetes, n (%)

434(10.4)

548(13.2)

604(14.6)

630(15.1)

0.000

1.000

Systemic immune inflammation index

501.81(492.03,511.59)

521.48(511.95,531.01)

538.25(528.06,548.44)

547.95(537.79,558.11)

0.000

0.000

Atherogenic index of plasma

0.03(0.02,0.04)

0.04(0.03,0.05)

0.03(0.02,0.04)

0.03(0.02,0.04)

0.591

0.063

Homeostatic dysregulation

1.61(1.58,1.63)

1.64(1.62,1.67)

1.73(1.70,1.75)

1.79(1.76,1.82)

0.000

0.000

Phenotypic age

48.38(47.81,48.95)

48.53(47.94,49.13)

48.92(48.31,49.54)

49(48.36,49.64)

0.415

0.681

Klemera - Doubal method

41.29(40.79,41.79)

41.87(41.36,42.39)

42.76(42.22,43.30)

43.28(42.72,43.84)

0.000

0.004

Allostatic load

0.27(0.27,0.27)

0.28(0.27,0.28)

0.29(0.28,0.29)

0.30(0.29,0.30)

0.000

0.000

  1. aContinuous variables were listed as mean (95% CI). Categorical variables were listed as n (%). And general linear models and chi-square tests were conducted to compare continuous and categorical baseline characteristics, respectively. And Ptest was the result of Bonfreni correction