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 4 Multiple Linear Regression analysis of the associations between dietary scores and markers of inflammation

	DASH Index		Dairy-adjusted DASH Index		Vegetarian Lifestyle Index^a		HEIFA		MEDAS		erMedDiet score
	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
LogPAF
Model 1	0.047	0.413	0.052	0.374	0.069	0.238	0.086	0.138	0.108	0.280	0.037	0.524
Model 2	0.029	0.624	0.032	0.596	0.007	0.919	0.066	0.273	− 0.002	0.967	0.041	0.469
Lp-PLA₂
Model 1	− 0.126	0.194	− 0.127	0.194	− 0.161	0.105	− 0.008	0.927	− 0.064	0.513	− 0.091	0.349
Model 2	− 0.068	0.515	− 0.066	0.528	− 0.085	0.481	0.064	0.542	− 0.005	0.963	− 0.061	0.536
LogCRP
Model 1	− 0.352	< 0.001	− 0.362	< 0.001	− 0.394	< 0.001	− 0.216	0.030	− 0.245	0.013	− 0.178	0.072
Exp of β^b	0.703	–	0.696	–	0.674	–	0.806	-	0.783	–	0.837	–
Model 2	− 0.166	0.036	− 0.168	0.035	− 0.033	0.725	− 0.010	0.904	− 0.052	0.512	− 0.097	0.203

Model 1: adjusted for age, gender and year of data collection. Model 2: adjusted for age, gender, year of data collection, physical activity, waist circumference, and risk of CVD
^aModel 2 was adjusted for age, gender, year of data collection, waist circumference and risk of CVD as physical activity was assessed within the score
^b Exponentiation of β coefficient; Abbreviations: 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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