Associations of dietary inflammatory index with metabolic syndrome and its components: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inflammation has been suggested to play an important role in the development and progression of metabolic syndrome (MetS). Dietary inflammatory index (DII), a measurement of inflammatory potential in diets, was suggested to be associated with MetS. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to establish the associations of DII with MetS and its components based on available observational studies.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting

A comprehensive literature search of studies that assessed the associations between DII and MetS was conducted in PubMed, Medline and Embase, using a combination of search terms relating to DII and MetS.

Participants

Eighteen articles were eligible, of which fourteen were cross-sectional and fou

SUBMITTER: Yi Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195344 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature