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Table 2 Distribution of food groups across tertiles of DII for 150 women in Beijing Northern Hospital

From: Association between dietary inflammatory index and bone density in lactating women at 6 months postpartum: a longitudinal study

Food Groups

Tertiles of DII

p b for trend

Q1

Q2

Q3

Dietary energy (kcal/d)

3164.37 (1009.32)

2060.79 (806.64)

1345.41 (359.32)

0.000

Refined Cereals

442.86 (207.73)

387.22 (230.79)

341.63 (156.75)

0.587

Whole Cereals(g/d)

176.65 (153.68)

72.63 (52.80)

72.9 (130.05)

0.153

Soy and soy product(g/d)

146.09 (145.11)

81.8 (75.51)

36.19 (47.54)

0.010

Dark leafy vegetables(g/d)

894.49 (621.10)

453.71 (228.40)

293.03 (234.09)

0.002

Light vegetables(g/d)

388.55 (305.45)

163.51 (119.32)

100.23 (84.61)

0.001

Dark fruits(g/d)

232.98 (159.01)

140.37 (119.66)

46.89 (67.93)

0.004

Light fruits(g/d)

197.17 (135.86)

161.53 (105.46)

92.73 (75.12)

0.023

Poultry(g/d)

71.55 (87.22)

42.35 (84.42)

30.9 (46.67)

0.590

Meat and Processed meats(g/d)

132.56 (102.78)

93.6 (109.69)

79.18 (60.52)

0.531

Fish and aquatic products(g/d)

69.18 (37.64)

75.27 (46.99)

59.34 (41.76)

0.512

Eggs(g/d)

69.18 (37.64)

75.27 (46.99)

59.34 (41.76)

0.894

Milk and Dairy products(g/d)

281.89 (281.07)

239.59 (262.31)

144.12 (136.57)

0.744

Fungus and Alga(g/d)

38.91 (83.15)

18.34 (22.49)

9.69 (10.11)

0.542

Nuts(g/d)

24.35 (33.05)

10.83 (15.28)

9.28 (11.20)

0.384

Backed Bread(g/d)

41.75 (41.02)

45.06 (102.61)

14.84 (24.40)

0.632

Candies(g/d)

5.67 (16.16)

4.73 (11.10)

1.67 (02.53)

0.678

Junk food(g/d)

18.78 (36.87)

14.55 (32.99)

6.69 (14.90)

0.489

Fruit and vegetable juice (ml/d)

47.24 (148.24)

34.76 (66.35)

7.01 (21.63)

0.882

Soft drinks (ml/d)

79.81 (129.28)

38.23 (67.61)

29.65 (69.40)

0.723

  1. Data are mean (SD) for normally distributed variables.
  2. b A test for linear trend was conducted by including the median value of each DII tertile as a continuous term in the simple liner regression analysis