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Table 4 Correlations between intake of selected foods and inflammation markers

From: Associations between dietary patterns and an array of inflammation biomarkers and plasma lipid profile in postmenopausal women

 

Bread

Fruit

Vegetable

White meat

Red meat

Sauces/dressings

Yoghurt

Confectionery

Tea/coffee

IL-1β (pg/ml)

0.05

-0.16

-0.20

0.19

-0.02

-0.06

-0.07

0.05

-0.13

IFN-α2 (pg/ml)

-0.05

-0.29*

-0.12

0.14

-0.08

0.02

-0.14

-0.01

-0.26*

IFN-λ (pg/ml)

-0.04

-0.31**

-0.19

0.19

-0.15

0.02

-0.21

0.03

-0.27*

TNF-α (pg/ml)

0.06

-0.19

-0.24*

0.08

-0.01

0.16

-0.09

0.18

-0.27*

MCP-1 (pg/ml)

-0.02

-0.16

0.07

0.09

0.04

0.03

-0.02

0.09

-0.15

IL-6 (pg/ml)

-0.06

-0.24*

-0.14

0.26*

-0.03

-0.04

-0.13

0.03

-0.23*

IL-8 (pg/ml)

0.13

-0.30**

0.09

0.21

-0.07

-0.08

-0.26*

0.15

-0.25*

IL-10 (pg/ml)

0.13

-0.05

-0.09

0.10

0.16

-0.01

-0.14

0.05

-0.10

IL-12p70 (pg/ml)

0.26*

0.07

0.05

-0.02

0.03

-0.28*

-0.29**

0.23*

-0.09

IL-17A (pg/ml)

0.10

-0.13

-0.01

-0.08

-0.07

-0.25*

-0.27*

0.18

-0.22

IL-18 (pg/ml)

-0.06

-0.17

0.046

-0.01

0.03

0.07

0.02

0.24*

0.01

IL-23 (pg/ml)

0.08

-0.36**

0.01

0.07

-0.01

-0.07

-0.19

0.07

-0.16

IL-33 (pg/ml)

0.18

0.04

-0.08

-0.08

0.11

-0.09

-0.18

0.28*

0.02

Ln CRP (µg/ml)

-0.19

-0.13

-0.34**

0.04

0.01

0.02

0.04

0.17

-0.02

Ln Ferritin (µg/L)

-0.02

-0.06

-0.05

0.31**

0.16

0.02

0.03

-0.07

-0.07

  1. NSP Non-starch polysaccharides, IL Interleukin, IFN Interferon, TNF Tumour necrosis factor, MCP-1 Monocyte chemoattractant protein – 1, CRP C-reactive protein
  2. *P < 0.05
  3. **P < 0.01