ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2014
Dietary inflammatory index as a potential determinant of a length of hospitalization among surgical patients treated for colorectal cancer.
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- The Role of Diet as a Modulator of the Inflammatory Process in the Neurological Diseases.Nutrients · 2023Review
- The association between inflammatory and immune system biomarkers and the dietary inflammatory index in patients with COVID-19.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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- Meta-analysis of the association between the inflammatory potential of diet and colorectal cancer risk.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- Integrating diet and inflammation to calculate cardiovascular risk.Atherosclerosis · 2016Article
- Dietary inflammatory index is associated with serum C-reactive protein and protein energy wasting in hemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional study.Nutrition research and practice · 2016Article
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Abstract
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objectivesInflammation is a central process responsible for health outcomes among surgical patients. Immunonutrition has been investigated as a promising modifying factor; however, inflammatory properties of habitual diet have not yet been investigated. The purpose of this study was to describe inflammatory properties of diet measured by the dietary inflammatory index (DII) among surgical patients treated for colorectal cancer and to link inflammatory properties of habitual diet with a duration of hospitalization. SUBJECTS/
methodsA follow-up study among colorectal cancer patients treated surgically was performed in Krakow, Poland. In total, 689 patients were recruited for the study. Habitual diet was assessed using a standardized semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Overall, 23 dietary items (including macro-and micronutrients) were used to calculate individuals' DII. Gender, age, marital status, body mass index, smoking status, lifetime physical activity, taking vitamin supplements, number of chronic diseases, cancer site, Duke's staging and surgery type were considered as potential covariates.
resultsParticipants were aged 58 years, with the average hospitalization time of 11 days. Higher DII (meaning diet with higher anti-inflammatory properties) was negatively associated with the duration of hospitalization (univariable linear regression: b=-0.59; P=0.005). Multivariable logistic regression has shown the decrease of the risk of longer stays (>7 days) among patients with the DII >-4.25, but only among younger (⩽60 years) patients, irrespective of Duke's staging.
conclusionsThe DII might be used as a potential predictor of longer hospitalization among colorectal cancer patients treated surgically. The study provides evidence for the role of dietary-related low-grade inflammation among surgical patients.
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