Dietary inflammatory index in relation to the progression of hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis: evaluation by elastography/Fibroscan

Table 3 Association between the liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and the tertiles of dietary inflammatory index scores

Models	Tertiles of Dietary Inflammatory Index				Beta Coefficient (95% CI) per SD
Models	T₁ Low inflammatory diet	T₂	T₃ High inflammatory diet	P-trend	Beta Coefficient (95% CI) per SD
LSM in crude model; kPa	5.46 ± 2.03	6.06 ± 3.70	6.22 ± 1.57	0.123	0.043 (-0.016–0.101)
LSM in adjusted model I; kPa	5.90 ± 0.12	5.91 ± 0.06	5.90 ± 0.07	0.797	0.232 (-1.493–1.956)
LSM in adjusted model II; kPa	5.69 ± 0.60	5.93 ± 0.74	6.08 ± 0.68	0.003	0.264 (0.048–0.480)
LSM in adjusted model III; kPa	5.63 ± 0.73	5.91 ± 0.88	6.17 ± 0.71	0.001	0.287 (0.102–0.437)

Abbreviations kPa: kilopascals
Values are shown mean ± standard deviation or mean (95% confidence interval)
Model I. Adjusted for energy intake
Model II. Further adjusted for age, sex, BMI, physical activity, smoking, and education status
Model III. Further adjusted for hepatic steatosis status
P-trends were obtained using the one-way ANOVA test
Beta coefficients (95%CI) were obtained using the linear regression test

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