Research Article

Relationship between Low Vegetable Consumption, Increased High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Level, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Korean Adults with Tae-Eumin: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Associations between fruits, vegetables, fish and meats consumptions and high-risk hs-CRP level of the subjects by constitution types.

Food groupshs-CRP level ≥3.0 mg/LModel 1 OR (95% CI)Model 2 OR (95% CI)
TENon-TETENon-TE

Fruits
Adjusted OR (95% CI)(Ref = T3: 155.5 g/day)(Ref = T3: 155.5 g/day)
T2: 59.6 g/day1.116 (0.658 – 1.893)0.911 (0.458 – 1.811)1.158 (0.673 – 1.994)0.976 (0.472 – 2.018)
T1: 17.8 g/day0.940 (0.543 – 1.627)0.712 (0.327 – 1.549)0.976 (0.552 – 1.727)0.899 (0.400 – 2.019)
value for trend0.9230.4410.9540.822

Vegetables
Adjusted OR (95% CI)(Ref = T3: 91.5 g/day)(Ref = T3: 91.5 g/day)
T2: 50.3 g/day2.169 (1.235-3.809)0.651 (0.320 – 1.322)2.290 (1.285 – 4.082)0.645 (0.308 – 1.350)
T1: 21.2 g/day2.488 (1.401-4.421)0.634 (0.300 – 1.339)2.474 (1.368 – 4.475)0.564 (0.257 – 1.236)
value for trend0.0020.2100.0030.140

Fish
Adjusted OR (95% CI)(Ref = T3: 11.4 g/day)(Ref = T3: 11.4 g/day)
T2: 4.0 g/day1.578 (0.914 – 2.724)1.069 (0.518 – 2.205)1.664 (0.948 – 2.921)1.043 (0.489 – 2.226)
T1: 1.9 g/day1.564 (0.900 – 2.718)0.931 (0.445 – 1.947)1.562 (0.882 – 2.769)0.948 (0.436 – 2.063)

value for trend0.0800.9310.0800.948
Beef and pork

Adjusted OR (95% CI)(Ref = T3: 87.0 g/day)(Ref = T3: 87.0 g/day)
T2: 39.1 g/day1.190 (0.695 – 2.039)0.777 (0.367 – 1.644)1.090 (0.627 – 1.894)0.798 (0.363 – 1.752)
T1: 17.4 g/day0.922 (0.523 – 1.626)0.645 (0.290 – 1.435)0.836 (0.465 – 1.504)0.634 (0.269 – 1.493)
value for trend0.9340.2770.6680.305

Model I, age, sex, BMI, and energy intake (kcal). Model II: model I + smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity. Boldface type indicates statistical significance.