Association between plant-based dietary index and gallstone disease: A cross sectional study from NHANES.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between plant-based diets and gallstone disease has been debated. This study aimed to shed light on the association between plant-based dietary index and the risk of developing gallstone disease.

Methods

Eligible participants were selected from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2020. Three plant-based diet indexes (PDI, healthy PDI, unhealthy PDI) were calculated using data from two NHANES 24-h dietary recall interviews. Restricted Cubic Spline and multivariate logistic regression were used to analyze the associations. Subgroup analysis was adopted to make the results more robust.

Results

A total of 5673 eligible participants were analyzed. After adjusting for various confounding variables, uPDI was positively a

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11198842 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature