The association between dietary quality scores with C-reactive protein and novel biomarkers of inflammation platelet-activating factor and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Correlations between dietary pattern adherence and markers of inflammation

Diet Score	Log PAF		Lp-PLA₂		Log hsCRP
Diet Score	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
DASH Index	0.124	0.217	− 0.150	0.136	− 0.365	< 0.001
Dairy-adjusted DASH Index	0.163	0.104	− 0.141	0.162	− 0.386	< 0.001
Vegetarian Lifestyle Index	0.037	0.716	− 0.226	0.024	− 0.341	0.001
HEIFA	0.110	0.277	− 0.009	0.929	− 0.247	0.014
MEDAS	0.127	0.207	− 0.064	0.527	− 0.276	0.006
erMedDiet score	0.141	0.162	− 0.104	0.303	− 0.192	0.057

DASH, Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension; erMedDIET, Predimed-Plus Diet Score; HEIFA, Healthy Eating Index for Australian Adults; Lp-PLA2, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2; MEDAS, Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener; PAF, platelet activating factor
Bold values indicate statistical significance at p < .05

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