Association between plant-based dietary index and disease severity in patients with ulcerative colitis: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plant foods are naturally rich in anti-inflammatory nutrients. In this cross-sectional study, we assessed the association between the plant-based dietary index (PDI) and Mayo score in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC).

Methods

This analytical cross-sectional study included 158 patients with UC. The Mayo score was used to determine disease severity. An expert nutritionist performed the anthropometric assessments. A 168-item quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to calculate the PDI, healthy PDI (hPDI), and unhealthy PDI (uPDI). To assess the association between the total Mayo score (as a dependent factor) and different indices of PDI (as an independent variable), the linear regression model was used.

Results

The mean age of participant

SUBMITTER: Nikniaz Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11440883 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature