ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2026
Associations of the unhealthy plant-based diet index with hsCRP and BMI in Korean adults.
Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: This study investigated the associations of the unhealthy Plant-based Diet Index (uPDI) with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and body mass index (BMI) using data from the 2022-2023 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Methods: The study included adults aged 19-64 years, excluding individuals with implausible energy intake (<500 or >5,000 kcal/day), underweight status, or missing data, resulting in a final sample of 5,610 participants. The uPDI was calculated by summing energy-adjusted, quintile-based scores across 19 predefined food groups. Elevated hsCRP was defined as ≥3 mg/L, and obesity as BMI ≥ 25 kg/m Results: Among women, higher uPDI scores were positively associated with both hsCRP ( Conclusion: Greater adherence to an unhealthy plant-based dietary pattern was associated with increased inflammation and adiposity among Korean women. While sensitivity analyses consistently supported these findings, the cross-sectional design means these results indicate associations, not causal relationships.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.