Table 2 Food group intake across the tertiles of EDIP

Pro-inflammatory group

Dark or yellow vegetable (serving/day)

0.15 (0.23)

0.15 (0.23)

0.15 (0.23)

0.227

Other vegetable (serving/day)

0.73 (0.74)

1.01 (0.82)

1.01 (0.83)

0.058

Tomatoes (serving/day)

0.79 (0.47)

0.80 (0.47)

0.80 (0.85)

0.021

Refined grains (serving/day)

4.77 (3.20)

7.67 (3.16)

11.76 (4.92)

< 0.001

Red meat (serving/day)

0.30 (0.24)

0.38 (0.34)

0.38 (0.33)

0.011

Processed meat (serving/day)

0.05 (0.17)

0.05 (0.13)

0.09 (0.23)

0.021

Organ meat (serving/day)

0.004 (0.01)

0.004 (0.02)

0.004 (0.02)

0.599

Fish (serving/day)

0.15 (0.68)

0.16 (0.18)

0.16 (0.17)

0.686

Anti-inflammatory group

High-energy beverage (serving/day)

0.05 (0.12)

0.05 (0.14)

0.15 (0.27)

0.075

Tea (serving/day)

4.08 (3.06)

3.06 (2.55)

3.06 (2.04)

0.424

Coffee (serving/day)

0.00 (0.04)

0.00 (0.01)

0.00 (0.01)

0.527

Snacks (serving/day)

0.67 (0.97)

0.55 (0.78)

0.57 (0.55)

0.150

Fruit juice (serving/day)

0.00 (0.11)

0.08 (0.16)

0.04 (0.18)

0.533

Pizza (serving/day)

0.20 (0.28)

0.09 (0.15)

0.10 (0.11)

< 0.001