Association between the dietary inflammatory index, waist-to-hip ratio and metabolic syndrome

Inflammation due to poor diet may contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome (MetSyn). The Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) was created to characterize diet on a scale from anti- to pro-inflammatory. Our hypothesis was that higher (i.e., more pro-inflammatory) DII scores are associated with an increased prevalence of MetSyn compared to those with lower (i.e., more anti-inflammatory) DII scores. Data from the Polish-Norwegian (PONS) Study were analyzed using logistic and linear regression procedures in SAS (version 9.4).

Source: Nutrition Research - April 18, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Alexis Sokol, Michael D. Wirth, Marta Manczuk, Nitin Shivappa, Katarzyna Zatonska, Thomas G. Hurley, James R. H ébert Tags: Communication Source Type: research