Dietary Inflammatory Potential in relation to General and Abdominal Obesity
Table 1
General characteristics of study participants across tertiles of DIP scorea.
Variables
Tertiles of DIP score
valueb
T1
T2
T3
Age, y
38.01 ± 8.2
36.97 ± 8.01
35.69 ± 7.84
<0.001
Female, %
63.4
62.1
58.4
0.01
Married, %
83.4
83.1
82.3
0.77
University graduated, %
58.4
60.2
65.8
<0.001
Family size (>4 people), %
10.2
9.9
9.7
0.84
Current smoker, %
4.2
3
4
0.05
Physically active (≥1 h/week), %
39.1
31
29.9
<0.001
Breakfast skipping (≥4 times/week), %
78
76.9
75.3
0.14
Home ownership (nonowner), %
27.3
30.8
36.5
<0.001
BMI, kg/m2
25.46 ± 3.88
24.92 ± 3.83
24.48 ± 3.82
<0.001
Waist circumference, cm
84.59 ± 15.7
83.45 ± 16.05
83.25 ± 16.26
0.02
Overweight or obesec, %
51.8
46.4
41.4
<0.001
Abdominal obesityd, %
57.3
53
51.6
0.002
aData are mean ± standard deviation (SD); bobtained from ANOVA or chi-square test, where appropriate; cdefined as BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2; ddefined as waist circumference ≥ 80 cm for women and ≥94 cm for men.
