Table 1 Sociodemographic clinical and lifestyle characteristics of

Table 1. Sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle characteristics of sample (n=248), according to the tertiles of the E-Dietary Inflammatory Index T 2 40 ± 16 b Variables T 1 Age (years)¤ 49 ± 15 a Sex¤ Male 48 (43. 6%)a 30 (27. 3%)b Female 34 (24. 6%)a 53 (38. 4%)b Lifestyle Never smoked¤ 44 (26. 4%)a 61 (36. 5%)b Physical activity practice 42 (30. 7%) 50 (36. 5%) Diagnosed diseases Diabetics† 19 (45. 2%) a 16 (38. 1%)a Hypertensive 36 (37. 9%) 32 (33. 7%) Use of medicines Oral antidiabetic† 17 (7%)a 10 (4. 1%)a Insulin 2 (0. 8%) 4 (1. 6%) a Antihypertensive† 41 (16. 8%) 31 (12. 7%)a Cholesterol reducers† 33 (13. 6%)a 24 (9. 9%)ab Fibrates 8 (3. 3%) 4 (1. 6%) Weight control 0 2 (0. 8%) Anthropometric BMI 28. 6 ± 5. 1 28. 4 ± 6. 1 WHt. R 0. 6 ± 0. 1 WHR¤ 1. 0 ± 0. 1 a 0. 9 ± 0. 1 b % BF 30. 4 ± 7. 3 30. 4 ± 9. 5 Biochemical Triglycerides 177. 0 ± 98. 6 177. 9 ± 125. 1 Ty. G 4. 8 ± 0. 3 Talitha Silva Meneguelli et al. Dietary Inflammatory 107. 26 Index is±Associated with Excessive Body Weight Fasting glucose 38. 36 100. 32 ± 31. 02 and Dietary Patterns in Subjects with Cardiometabolic Risk. HOMA-IR 2. 5 ± 1. 7 3. 0 ± 2. 9 Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 2019, Vol. 7, No. 7, 491 -499. doi: 10. 12691/jfnr-7 -7 -2 Ferritin 169. 9 ± 126. 9 122. 0 ± 141. 6 CRP 2. 4 ± 2. 9 Publishing. 2. 1 ± 2. 0 © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Science and Education T 3 38 ± 15 b 32 (29. 1%)b 51 (37%)b 62 (37. 1%)b 45 (32. 8%) 7 (16. 7%)b 27 (28. 4%) 5 (2. 1%)b 0 24 (9. 8%)b 18 (7. 4%)b 4 (1. 6%) 1 (0. 4%) 29. 1 ± 5. 0 0. 6 ± 0. 1 0. 9 ± 0. 1 b 30. 9 ± 7. 2 162. 1 ± 82. 4 4. 7 ± 0. 3 93. 97 ± 31 2. 4 ± 1. 3 146. 7 ± 200. 1 2. 5 ± 2. 5