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Table 2 Dietary inflammatory index (DII) in groups of Depression and Anxiety

From: Association between Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII®) and depression and anxiety in the Mashhad Stroke and Heart Atherosclerotic Disorder (MASHAD) Study population

 

Depression severity score

 

Anxiety severity score

 

No or minimal N = 4452

Mild N = 1251

Moderate N = 924

Severe N = 456

p-value

No or minimal N = 3503

Mild N = 1904

Moderate N = 1026

Severe N = 650

p-value

DII

Males

0.57 (−0.37, 1.38)

0.53 (−0.71, 1.45)

0.61 (− 0.56, 1.36)

0.44 (− 0.41, 1.31)

0.557

0.60 (− 0.41, 1.42)

0.51 (− 0.45, 1.29)

0.55 (− 0.39, 1.40)

0.43 (− 0.77, 1.52)

0.402

Females

0.39 (− 0.75, 1.41)

0.30 (− 0.81, 1.34)

0.38 (− 0.77, 1.38)

0.31 (− 0.86, 1.22)

0.361

0.41 (− 0.77, 1.40)

0.34 (− 0.77, 1.34)

0.35 (− 0.73, 1.43)

0.22 (− 0.97, 1.23)

0.082

  1. Values are expressed as median and inter-quartile range. Between-group comparisons were assessed by Kruskal–Wallis test
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BMC Psychiatry

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