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Table 1 Weighted baseline characteristics of the study subjects, NHANES 2001ā€“2010

From: Correlation between dietary inflammation and mortality among hyperlipidemics

Variable

Dietary Inflammatory Index

P value

Total

1st tertile

(-5.28-0.99)

2nd tertile

(1.00-2.67)

3rd tertile

(2.68ā€“5.42)

Age, year

49.22 (0.26)

49.35 (0.35)

49.48 (0.30)

48.80 (0.30)

0.120

Sex, n (%)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒFemale

7197 (50.39)

1832 (38.13)

2380 (50.64)

2985 (64.07)

Ā 

ā€ƒMale

7263 (49.61)

2989 (61.87)

2439 (49.36)

1835 (35.93)

Ā 

Race, n (%)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒWhite

7771 (74.42)

2715 (76.25)

2575 (74.11)

2481 (72.66)

Ā 

ā€ƒBlack

2451 (9.05)

623 (6.45)

827 (9.26)

1001 (11.79)

Ā 

ā€ƒMexican

2815 (7.64)

1000 (8.25)

948 (7.81)

867 (6.76)

Ā 

ā€ƒOthers

1423 (8.89)

483 (9.05)

469 (8.82)

471 (8.78)

Ā 

Education level, n (%)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒLess than high school

4231 (18.54)

1148 (14.45)

1404 (18.47)

1679 (23.29)

Ā 

ā€ƒHigh school

3582 (26.15)

1096 (22.87)

1150 (24.80)

1336 (31.32)

Ā 

ā€ƒAbove high school

6647 (55.31)

2577 (62.68)

2265 (56.73)

1805 (45.39)

Ā 

BMI group, n (%)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒNormal

3405 (25.09)

1208 (26.46)

1094 (24.35)

1103 (24.33)

Ā 

ā€ƒOverweight

5354 (36.44)

1888 (38.59)

1832 (37.69)

1634 (32.66)

Ā 

ā€ƒObesity

5701 (38.46)

1725 (34.95)

1893 (37.96)

2083 (43.01)

Ā 

PIR group, n (%)

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒLow income

4117 (19.06)

1095 (14.41)

1306 (17.81)

1716 (25.70)

Ā 

ā€ƒMiddle income

5640 (36.36)

1747 (31.97)

1912 (36.77)

1981 (40.93)

Ā 

ā€ƒHigh income

4703 (44.57)

1979 (53.62)

1601 (45.42)

1123 (33.37)

Ā 

ā€ƒSmoker, n (%)

3177 (23.13)

870 (17.72)

998 (22.36)

1309 (30.13)

<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒDrinker, n (%)

9309 (70.10)

3440 (75.99)

3142 (70.34)

2727 (63.14)

<ā€‰0.001

Estimated glomerular filtration rate, ml/min/1.73m2

91.37 (0.38)

91.95 (0.43)

90.44 (0.44)

91.70 (0.51)

0.001

Hypertension, n (%)

6881 (41.90)

2156 (40.09)

2335 (42.26)

2390 (43.59)

0.020

Diabetes, n (%)

2791 (14.17)

804 (12.96)

981 (14.81)

1006 (14.86)

0.020

Cardiovascular disease, n (%)

1954 (10.22)

533 (8.36)

666 (10.43)

755 (12.11)

<ā€‰0.001

Chronic kidney disease, n (%)

2964 (15.26)

848 (12.67)

1000 (15.51)

1116 (17.93)

<ā€‰0.001

Anti-hypertensive drugs, n (%)

5114 (29.80)

1553 (27.47)

1783 (31.34)

1778 (30.79)

<ā€‰0.001

Anti-diabetic drugs, n (%)

1660 (8.17)

478 (7.44)

587 (8.75)

595 (8.38)

0.110

All cause mortality, n (%)

3170 (15.86)

878 (12.59)

1107 (16.74)

1185 (18.65)

<ā€‰0.001

  1. Continuous variables are described as weighted means (standard errors), and categorical variables are expressed as frequencies (percentages). Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index. PIR, poverty income ratio