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Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular risk and mortality: A meta-analysis of cohort studies.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The association between dietary inflammatory index and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Dietary inflammatory index and cardiovascular risk and mortality: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Dietary Inflammatory Index and Health Outcomes: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Dietary Inflammatory Index and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Australian Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the OLIVAUS Trial.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- The Dietary Inflammatory Index and Periodontal Inflammation in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: The Otassha Study.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2026Article
- Food inflammation index and risks of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among individuals with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: a nationally representative cohort study from NHANES 1999-2018.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Dietary and lifestyle inflammation scores and incidence of cardiovascular disease and heart failure: evidence from a longitudinal cohort.Nutrition journal · 2026Article
- Dietary inflammatory index and unfavorable dietary patterns associated with ischemic stroke in China.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Associations of the unhealthy plant-based diet index with hsCRP and BMI in Korean adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Retrospective analysis of dietary risk factors and cardiovascular outcomes in angiocardiopathy.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Dietary Inflammatory Index and Coronary Artery Disease Risk and Mortality: A Nonlinear Dose-Response Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of preventive medicine · 2026Review
- Cardiovascular Nutrition Beyond BMI: Integrating Malnutrition Assessment with Inflammation.Nutrients · 2025Article
- The association between dietary obesity-prevention score and cardiovascular risk factors.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of Periconceptional Dietary Inflammatory Index and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Its Subtype.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2025Observational
- Association of the energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index and Sjögren's syndrome: a cross-sectional study.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Sex-specific associations of the Dietary Inflammatory Index with cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive adults: a cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Dietary Inflammatory Index, Diets, and Cardiovascular Medication.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Unraveling the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Effect on Inflammation and on Gut and Saliva Microbiota.Biomolecules · 2025Article
- Non-linear relationship between the dietary inflammatory index and stroke risk in metabolically healthy obese individuals: an analysis of NHANES 1999-2023 data.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Triglyceride-glucose index, renal function, sleep duration, and myocardial infarction: a UK biobank cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe role of dietary inflammatory index (DII) in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and mortality is still controversial. This systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies aimed to evaluate the effect of DII, indicating a pro-inflammatory diet, on the incidence and mortality of CVD.
methodsA comprehensive literature search of articles published through August 2019 was performed in Medline, EMBASE, and Web of Science. The pooled relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for highest vs lowest DII in relation to CVD risk or mortality were estimated using a DerSimonian and Laird random effects model. The heterogeneity among studies was tested using Cochran's Q test and I statistic.
resultsA total of 15 cohort studies were finally included in this meta-analysis. The highest DII score was significantly associated with a higher risk of CVD incidence (RR = 1.41, 95% CI 1.12-1.78) or mortality (RR = 1.31, 95% CI 1.19-1.44), compared with the lowest DII score. There was statistically significant heterogeneity among the studies on the association between DII and CVD mortality (P < .001; I = 70.8%). No obvious heterogeneity was observed among the studies on the association between DII and CVD risk (P = .160; I = 37.0%). In the sensitivity analysis, exclusion of any single study did not materially alter the pooled RRs.
conclusionThe present systematic review and meta-analysis indicates that a higher DII score is related to a higher risk of CVD. Further well-designed prospective cohort or trials are warranted to validate our preliminary findings.
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