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Table 2 Characteristics of participants in different quartiles of DII score, NHANES 2005–2008

From: Dietary Inflammatory Index and diabetic retinopathy risk in US adults: findings from NHANES (2005–2008)

 

Q1 (-3.82, -0.59)

Q2 (-0.39, 1.45)

Q3 (1.48, 2.99)

Q4 (3.09, 4.73)

Total

Non-DR

DR

P

Total

Non-DR

DR

P

Total

Non-DR

DR

P

Total

Non-DR

DR

P

Number of subjects,

N (%)

38 (100)

594,544 (100)

21 (55.26)

344,164 (57.89)

17 (44.74)

250,381 (42.11)

-

56

(100.00)

732,815 (100.00)

29 (51.79)

387,939 (52.94)

27 (48.21)

344,875 (47.06)

 

63 (100.00)

774,824 (100.0)

24 (38.10)

315,216 (40.68)

39 (61.90)

459,608 (59.32)

-

70

(100.00)

618,002 (100.00)

36 (51.43)

324,177 (52.46)

34

(48.57)

293,825 (47.54)

-

Age in years,

mean (SD)

56.60 (1.87)

57.86 (2.92)

54.87 (1.63)

0.38

61.82 (1.71)

61.26 (2.28)

62.02 (2.53)

0.82

60.39 (1.89)

59.41 (2.93)

61.06 (2.45)

0.67

62.73 (1.78)

64.77 (2.40)

60.48 (2.56)

0.23

Sex, N (%)

  

0.32

   

0.60

   

0.19

   

0.76

 Female

216,914 (36.48)

94,743 (27.53)

122,172 (48.79)

 

277,236 (37.83)

132,387 (34.13)

144,849 (42)

 

382,064 (49.31)

195,352 (61.97)

186,712 (40.62)

 

448,404 (72.56)

240,583 (74.21)

207,821 (70.73)

 

 Male

377,630 (63.52)

249,421 (72.47)

128,209 (51.21)

 

455,579 (62.17)

255,553 (65.87)

200,026 (58)

 

392,760 (50.69)

119,864 (38.03)

272,896 (59.38)

 

169,598 (27.44)

83,594 (25.79)

86,004 (29.27)

 

Race, N (%)

   

0.72

   

0.16

   

0.55

   

0.24

 Mexican American

89,262 (15.01)

44,949 (13.06)

44,314 (17.7)

 

56,386 (7.69)

34,683 (8.94)

21,704 (6.29)

 

84,363 (10.89)

22,389 (7.10)

61,974 (13.48)

 

82,403 (13.33)

32,061 (9.89)

50,342 (17.13)

 

 Non-Hispanic white

413,551 (69.56)

249,365 (72.46)

164,187 (65.57)

 

438,345 (59.82)

283,335 (73.04)

155,010 (44.95)

 

484,883 (62.58)

217,468 (68.99)

267,415 (58.18)

 

265,696 (42.99)

164,441 (50.73)

101,254 (34.46)

 

 Non-Hispanic black

59,621 (10.03)

23,434 (6.81)

36,187 (14.45)

 

193,121 (26.35)

64,341 (16.59)

128,780 (37.34)

 

186,167 (24.03)

62,183 (19.73)

123,984 (26.98)

 

236,770 (38.31)

104,998 (32.39)

131,772 (44.85)

 

 Other Hispanic

13,284 (2.23)

7591 (2.21)

5693 (2.27)

 

18,534 (2.53)

5581 (1.44)

12,953 (3.76)

 

19,410 (2.51)

13,175 (4.18)

6235 (1.36)

 

25,034 (4.05)

22,678 (7.00)

2357 (0.80)

 

 Other race or multi-racial

18,825 (3.17)

18,825 (5.47)

0

(0.00)

 

26,428 (3.61)

0

(0.00)

26,428 (7.66)

 

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

0

(0.00)

 

8100 (1.31)

0

(0.00)

8100 (2.76)

 

BMI, kg/m2,

median (IQR)

33.60 (10.68)

28.94 (8.49)

35.43 (9.38)

< 0.01

29.66 (11.08)

30.62 (12.28)

29.22 (5.65)

0.14

33.87 (11.49)

31.31 (13.6)

34.28 (11.49)

0.56

31.54 (9.11)

31.44 (9.21)

33.63 (9.70)

0.34

BMI, kg/m2, N (%)

   

0.07

   

0.18

   

0.70

   

0.86

 <25

64,134 (10.79)

64,134 (18.63)

0

(0.00)

 

148,217 (20.23)

101,916 (26.27)

46,301 (13.43)

 

99,516 (12.84)

50,710 (16.09)

48,807 (10.62)

 

94,447 (15.28)

40,763 (12.57)

53,684 (18.27)

 

 25-<30

160,336 (26.97)

127,911 (37.17)

32,425 (12.95)

 

259,161 (35.37)

85,183 (21.96)

173,978 (50.45)

 

121,591 (15.69)

35,268 (11.19)

86,322 (18.78)

 

165,441 (26.77)

92,928 (28.67)

72,512 (24.68)

 

 >=30

370,075 (62.25)

152,119 (44.20)

217,955 (87.05)

 

325,437 (44.41)

200,841 (51.77)

124,597 (36.13)

 

553,717 (71.46)

229,238 (72.72)

324,479 (70.6)

 

358,115 (57.95)

190,486 (58.76)

167,629 (57.05)

 

HbA1c, median (IQR)

7.20 (2.00)

7.00 (1.80)

9.50 (3.60)

< 0.05

7.30 (2.30)

6.80 (1.40)

8.20 (2.90)

< 0.05

6.80 (1.30)

6.70 (1.00)

7.36 (2.00)

< 0.01

7.10 (1.70)

6.60 (1.00)

8.10 (2.00)

< 0.01

Current smoking status, N (%)

  

0.23

   

0.08

   

0.72

   

0.84

 Non-smoking

560,511 (94.28)

315,476 (91.66)

245,036 (97.87)

 

621,119 (84.76)

295,462 (76.16)

325,657 (94.43)

 

694,568 (89.64)

288,285 (91.46)

406,284 (88.4)

 

441,051 (71.37)

227,304 (70.12)

213,748 (72.75)

 

 Smoking

34,033 (5.72)

28,688 (8.34)

5345 (2.13)

 

111,696 (15.24)

92,478 (23.84)

19,218 (5.57)

 

80,255 (10.36)

26,931 (8.54)

53,324 (11.6)

 

176,951 (28.63)

96,874 (29.88)

80,077 (27.25)

 

Hypertension, N (%)

   

0.73

   

0.72

   

0.09

   

0.73

 No

263,707 (44.35)

164,541 (47.81)

99,166 (39.61)

 

191,772 (26.17)

91,842 (23.67)

99,930 (28.98)

 

175,694 (22.68)

33,972 (10.78)

141,722 (30.84)

 

156,281 (25.29)

88,664 (27.35)

67,617 (23.01)

 

 Yes

330,837 (55.65)

179,623 (52.19)

151,214 (60.39)

 

541,043 (73.83)

296,098 (76.33)

244,945 (71.02)

 

599,130 (77.32)

281,244 (89.22)

317,886 (69.16)

 

461,722 (74.71)

235,514 (72.65)

226,208 (76.99)

 

Diabetes duration, years, median (IQR)

10.00 (13.00)

6.00 (14.18)

10.00 (6.00)

0.66

14.00 (13.00)

8.38 (10.00)

20.00

(20.00)

< 0.01

11.87 (14.50)

3.00 (8.11)

14.00

(11.00)

< 0.01

10.00 (13.00)

7.00

(14.00)

13.00

(7.00)

< 0.05

DII, mean (SD)

-1.50 (0.25)

-1.74 (0.37)

-1.18 (0.14)

0.16

0.64 (0.09)

0.69 (0.14)

0.59 (0.11)

0.57

2.13 (0.08)

2.11 (0.11)

2.12 (0.11)

0.86

3.78 (0.06)

3.74 (0.09)

3.82 (0.09)

0.50

Energy, median (IQR)

2374 (1449)

1933 (1528)

3065 (1310)

0.59

1853.54 (725)

1850 (555)

2106 (832)

0.39

1589 (760)

1979 (947)

1531 (535)

0.99

1125 (829)

1172 (828)

1011 (572)

0.36

  1. Abbreviation: DR: Diabetic Retinopathy; DII: Dietary Inflammatory Index; HbA1c: Glycated Hemoglobin A1c; SD: Standard Deviation; IQR: Interquartile Range; BMI: Body Mass Index