ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2019
A novel dietary inflammatory index reflecting for inflammatory ageing: Technical note.
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- Association between the empirical dietary inflammatory index and musculoskeletal pain in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2023Article
- Predicting the depressive status using empirical dietary inflammatory index in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2022Article
- Association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Gastric Disease Risk: Findings from a Korean Population-Based Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Can dietary intake protect against low-grade inflammation in children and adolescents?Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Review
- The dataset for the assessment of the inflammatory potential of the overall diet consumed by women of childbearing age.Data in brief · 2021Article
- Racial differences in dietary choices and their relationship to inflammatory potential in childbearing age women at risk for exposure to COVID-19.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveChronic inflammation plays an important role in the development of several chronic diseases. Existing dietary inflammatory indexes require complicated calculations, which are difficult to use in clinical practice. We developed a new and simple index, based solely on the frequency of consumption of only 16 foods, to capture the inflammatory potential of diet.
methodsThe new index, an empirical dietary inflammatory index (eDII), is based on 8 pro-inflammatory and 8 anti-inflammatory components. First, in a validation study, 168 community-dwelling persons were invited to participate and an inflammatory aging disease (IAD) score of each participant was calculated by total number of IADs. Second, in the nutritional epidemiologic study, we calculated the eDII for 1464 participants and compared the eDII with healthy diet quality scores.
resultsIn a validation study, when subjects were classified by eDII tertile, a higher eDII was significantly associated with a higher IAD score. In the nutritional epidemiologic study, a higher eDII was inversely associated with the Mediterranean diet score, the World Health Organization's healthy diet indicator, and the American Heart Association's recommended healthy diet score.
conclusionsThe eDII is an easy and valid instrument to assess the inflammatory potential of dietary factors. This index is easy to use and does not require detailed estimations of nutrient intake.
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