Table 2 Laboratory findings of participants by quartiles of CDAI (N = 12,286).

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Association between the composite dietary antioxidant index and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in adults: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2017–2020

Variable

Total

Quartile 1

Quartile 2

Quartile 3

Quartile 4

P-value

[− 7.267, − 2.299]

(− 2.299, − 0.306]

(− 0.306, 2.29]

(2.29, 68.067]

WBC (109/L)

7.33 ± 0.06

7.45 ± 0.08

7.40 ± 0.10

7.24 ± 0.05

7.26 ± 0.12

0.03

LYM (109/L)

2.23 ± 0.03

2.22 ± 0.02

2.28 ± 0.07

2.19 ± 0.02

2.24 ± 0.08

0.57

MON (109/L)

0.58 ± 0.00

0.60 ± 0.01

0.58 ± 0.01

0.58 ± 0.01

0.57 ± 0.01

 < 0.001

NEU (109/L)

4.27 ± 0.04

4.39 ± 0.06

4.29 ± 0.05

4.22 ± 0.05

4.22 ± 0.06

0.01

EOS (109/L)

0.20 ± 0.00

0.20 ± 0.00

0.20 ± 0.00

0.20 ± 0.01

0.19 ± 0.00

0.08

BAS (109/L)

0.05 ± 0.00

0.06 ± 0.00

0.05 ± 0.00

0.05 ± 0.00

0.05 ± 0.00

< 0.0001

Hb (g/dL)

14.26 ± 0.04

14.11 ± 0.07

14.23 ± 0.04

14.37 ± 0.05

14.29 ± 0.04

0.002

PLT (109/L)

245.56 ± 1.58

254.07 ± 2.50

243.75 ± 1.96

243.90 ± 2.37

242.05 ± 2.04

 < 0.001

Fast glucose (mmol/L)

6.00 ± 0.02

5.95 ± 0.04

6.04 ± 0.04

6.02 ± 0.05

5.98 ± 0.04

0.37

Fast insulin (pmol/L)

85.69 ± 1.24

90.40 ± 2.77

85.74 ± 2.51

82.13 ± 1.52

85.44 ± 1.78

0.06

HbA1c (%)

5.65 ± 0.01

5.65 ± 0.02

5.69 ± 0.03

5.64 ± 0.03

5.62 ± 0.03

0.37

ALT (U/L)

22.87 ± 0.25

22.17 ± 0.61

22.78 ± 0.43

23.51 ± 0.59

22.87 ± 0.29

0.48

AST(U/L)

21.98 ± 0.19

21.85 ± 0.42

22.37 ± 0.35

21.85 ± 0.46

21.87 ± 0.23

0.58

TBIL (umol/L)

8.06 ± 0.10

8.03 ± 0.19

8.24 ± 0.16

8.33 ± 0.19

7.67 ± 0.10

0.004

ALP (U/L)

75.96 ± 0.38

78.34 ± 0.72

76.85 ± 0.54

74.34 ± 0.55

74.90 ± 0.68

 < 0.0001

Albumin (g/L)

41.14 ± 0.10

40.92 ± 0.18

41.15 ± 0.12

41.30 ± 0.09

41.16 ± 0.09

0.1

GGT (U/L)

28.94 ± 0.38

29.22 ± 0.65

30.84 ± 0.93

28.40 ± 0.82

27.59 ± 0.66

0.02

Creatinine(umol/L)

77.47 ± 0.31

78.11 ± 0.71

77.99 ± 0.60

77.40 ± 0.59

76.58 ± 0.54

0.28

Uric acid (umol/L)

319.33 ± 1.28

322.87 ± 2.02

322.61 ± 3.16

319.19 ± 2.67

313.76 ± 1.69

0.04

Urea nitrogen (mmol/L)

5.29 ± 0.04

4.89 ± 0.05

5.38 ± 0.05

5.35 ± 0.06

5.47 ± 0.07

< 0.0001

TG (mmol/L)

1.29 ± 0.02

1.30 ± 0.02

1.30 ± 0.02

1.28 ± 0.02

1.29 ± 0.03

0.77

TC (mmol/L)

4.86 ± 0.03

4.87 ± 0.05

4.88 ± 0.02

4.84 ± 0.03

4.84 ± 0.04

0.6

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.39 ± 0.01

1.37 ± 0.01

1.38 ± 0.02

1.38 ± 0.01

1.41 ± 0.01

0.07

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.90 ± 0.02

2.94 ± 0.04

2.92 ± 0.02

2.89 ± 0.02

2.86 ± 0.03

0.07

LDH (U/L)

156.25 ± 0.77

156.02 ± 1.12

156.47 ± 1.13

155.39 ± 1.00

157.08 ± 0.86

0.38

Hs-CRP (mg/L)

3.70 ± 0.10

4.54 ± 0.22

3.87 ± 0.18

3.35 ± 0.10

3.25 ± 0.23

< 0.0001

HOMA-IR

4.13 ± 0.07

4.42 ± 0.22

4.11 ± 0.14

3.84 ± 0.08

4.20 ± 0.13

0.01

Carotenoid (µg)

9427.25 ± 235.52

2384.23 ± 89.64

5280.85 ± 136.34

9271.36 ± 235.05

18,826.19 ± 599.33

 < 0.0001

Vit_A (µg)

629.60 ± 9.84

223.70 ± 4.25

427.92 ± 6.63

613.60 ± 10.35

1145.39 ± 16.39

 < 0.0001

Vit_C (mg)

74.40 ± 1.35

25.78 ± 0.80

47.26 ± 1.12

72.13 ± 1.32

139.15 ± 3.09

 < 0.0001

Vit_E (mg)

9.42 ± 0.11

4.01 ± 0.07

6.98 ± 0.11

9.71 ± 0.17

15.56 ± 0.21

 < 0.0001

Zinc (mg)

11.09 ± 0.09

5.35 ± 0.07

9.09 ± 0.13

11.85 ± 0.14

16.66 ± 0.19

< 0.0001

Se (µg)

115.45 ± 0.70

61.82 ± 0.68

95.71 ± 0.94

125.77 ± 1.35

165.18 ± 2.12

 < 0.0001

  1. Mean (± SD) of continuous variables: p-values calculated by weighted linear regression. Statistical significance is defined as p < 0.05.
  2. CDAI composite dietary antioxidant index, WBC white blood cell, LYM lymphocyte, MON monocytes, NEU neutrophils, EOS eosinophil, BAS basophils, Hb hemoglobin, PLT platelet, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, TBIL total bilirubin, ALP alkaline phosphatase, GGT gamma glutamyl transferase, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, Hs-CRP high sensitivity-C-reactive protein, HOMA-IR Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance, Vit_A vitamin A, Vit_C vitamin C, Vit_E vitamin E, Se selenium.