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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Dietary inflammatory index and metabolic syndrome in US children and adolescents: evidence from NHANES 2001–2018

 

Overall

n = 5,656

DII Q1

(< −1.95)

n = 1414

DII Q2

(−1.95 ~ −1.31)

n = 1414

DII Q3

(−1.31 ~ −0.79)

n = 1414

DII Q4

(> = −0.79)

n = 1414

p value

DII score

−1.46 (0.02)

−2.63 (0.02)

−1.61 (0.01)

−1.05 (0.00)

−0.51 (0.01)

 < 0.001a

MetS

394 (6.83%)

82 (23.39%)

94 (25.40%)

102 (22.48%)

116 (28.73%)

0.301b

MetS components

 High WC

1330 (22.87%)

259 (19.65%)

304 (23.69%)

386 (29.96%)

381 (26.70%)

 < 0.001 b

 Low HDL-c

1308 (24.57%)

265 (21.63%)

314 (24.15%)

325 (24.17%)

404 (30.04%)

0.004 b

 High TG

565 (10.61%)

151 (26.24%)

144 (25.70%)

134 (22.77%)

136 (25.30%)

0.814b

 High FPG

943 (17.86%)

233 (25.80%)

241 (26.58%)

236 (22.26%)

233 (25.35%)

0.440b

 High BP (mmHg)

331 (4.95%)

71 (22.08%)

95 (28.87%)

94 (27.87%)

71 (21.18%)

0.427b

Demography

 Age (years)

15.49 (0.05)

15.73 (0.09)

15.63 (0.09)

15.35 (0.08)

15.24 (0.09)

 < 0.001a

Sex

     

 < 0.001 b

 Male

2937 (51.77%)

913 (32.59%)

753 (25.27%)

681 (22.20%)

590 (19.94%)

 

 Female

2712 (48.23%)

501 (17.71%)

659 (25.75%)

732 (27.69%)

820 (28.86%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

23.78 (0.11)

23.28 (0.19)

23.73 (0.19)

23.92 (0.20)

24.23 (0.18)

 < 0.001a

Race

     

 < 0.001 b

 Non-Hispanic White

1599 (58.97%)

407 (25.18%)

394 (25.44%)

398 (24.91%)

400 (24.47%)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

1648 (14.07%)

328 (20.12%)

399 (24.91%)

443 (26.09%)

478 (28.88%)

 

 Mexican American

1517 (13.33%)

418 (28.88%)

415 (27.77%)

351 (23.42%)

333 (19.93%)

 

 Other

885 (13.64%)

261 (28.47%)

204 (24.15%)

221 (24.70%)

199 (22.68%)

 

Family income level

     

0.004 b

 Not poor

3595 (77.62%)

913 (25.37%)

924 (26.54%)

888 (24.50%)

870 (23.60%)

 

 Poor

1649 (22.38%)

392 (26.16%)

386 (21.66%)

429 (25.83%)

442 (26.35%)

 

Lifestyle

Energy intake (kcal)

2178.13 (19.72)

3162.66 (46.45)

2246.48 (26.47)

1875.18 (18.46)

1384.64 (19.82)

 < 0.001 a

Smoke exposure

     

 < 0.001b

 Not exposed

2577 (48.57%)

719 (28.56%)

699 (27.72%)

639 (25.41%)

520 (18.30%)

 

 Secondhand smoke exposed

2136 (33.85%)

441 (21.65%)

488 (23.16%)

548 (24.15%)

659 (31.03%)

 

 Active smoker

936 (17.58%)

254 (23.94%)

225 (23.86%)

226 (24.64%)

231 (27.56%)

 

Sedentary time (hours)

     

0.071b

 < 3

1708 (39.01%)

417 (25.18%)

397 (24.52%)

418 (23.80%)

476 (26.50%)

 

 3–6

2257 (47.88%)

549 (24.14%)

604 (27.12%)

578 (27.10%)

526 (21.64%)

 

 > 6

550 (13.11%)

140 (24.63%)

127 (21.13%)

136 (24.26%)

147 (29.98%)

 

Physical activity (MET-min/week)

3263.04 (73.84)

3691.73 (118.65)

3283.25 (133.91)

3062.45 (124.70)

2981.17 (150.30)

 < 0.001 a

Physical activity, categoriesc

     

 < 0.044 b

 Not ideal

3547 (62.71%)

823 (23.24%)

897 (25.96%)

900 (25.96%)

927 (24.84%)

 

 Ideal

2109 (37.29)

591 (27.61%)

517 (25.06%)

514 (23.67%)

487 (23.66%)

 
  1. Unweighted counts (weighted %) are presented for categorical variables and mean (SE) were presented for continuous data
  2. Significant variables are shown in bold
  3. DII, dietary inflammatory index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; MetS, metabolic syndrome; WC, waist circumference; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; BP, blood pressure; MET, Metabolic Equivalent of Task; Q, quartile
  4. aUsing proc surveyreg procedure
  5. bWald chi-square test
  6. cIdeal physical activity: ≥ 180 MET-min/day (i.e., 60 min/day moderate-to-vigorous physical activity); not ideal physical activity: < 180 MET-min/day