Dietary inflammatory index and its impact on severity and recurrence of Tourette syndrome in children

Table 5 Comparison of dietary inflammatory index and inflammatory levels in patients with unstable tic disorder severity, mean ± SD

Group	Number of cases	DII	IL-6 (pg/mL)	CRP (mg/L)	TNF-α (pg/mL)
Mild	32	0.35 ± 0.02	42.51 ± 7.14	6.57 ± 1.61	6.24 ± 1.22
Moderate	22	0.67 ± 0.05	51.01 ± 7.09	8.43 ± 2.48	8.27 ± 2.14
Severe	36	1.52 ± 0.21	68.81 ± 8.18	10.97 ± 2.51	12.91 ± 3.08
F value		389.120	89.433	123.715	92.813
P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-6: Interleukin-6; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha.