28 February 2023 : Original article
Association Between Dietary Quality and Serum Cystatin C in Kidney Transplant Recipients Based on Chinese Diet Balance Index 2016 (DBI-16)
Hailing Zhang12AE, Ke Shi3AE, Li Yuan14CD, Xiaohong Guan15BC, Haihui Yin16D, Wenjing Zhao3F, Xinyi Zhou1B, Aiqin Chu1A*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.939149
Ann Transplant 2023; 28:e939149
Table 3 Distribution of DBI-16 indicators among the participants.
| Variable | Indicator | Range | Groups* | Diet quality distribution (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suitable | More suitable | Low level | Medium level | High level | ||||
| Low bound score | LBS | (0)-(−60) | Normal (n=44) | 0.00 | 47.73 | 45.45 | 6.82 | 0.00 |
| Abnormal (n=171) | 0.00 | 28.65 | 56.73 | 14.62 | 0.00 | |||
| High bound score | HBS | (0)-(38) | Normal (n=44) | 0.00 | 2.27 | 43.18 | 54.55 | 0.00 |
| Abnormal (n=171) | 0.00 | 2.34 | 53.22 | 43.27 | 1.17 | |||
| Diet quality distance | DQD | (0)-(78) | Normal (n=44) | 0.00 | 2.27 | 59.09 | 34.09 | 4.55 |
| Abnormal (n=171) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.29 | 46.78 | 2.92 | |||
| * Representative is the serum Cys normal group versus the serum Cys abnormal group. | ||||||||






