Relationship between the dietary inflammation index and hypertension in American children and adolescents: findings from the national health and nutrition examination survey 1999-2018.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to examine the relationship between the dietary inflammatory index (DII) and hypertension in children and adolescents using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted between 1999 and 2018. The analysis included 18,460 participants aged 8 to 17 years, with 2,070 diagnosed with youth hypertension, defined as blood pressure above the 95th percentile for their age and gender. Dietary information was collected to calculate the DII, which was initially treated as a continuous variable and later categorized into tertiles. Multivariable weighted logistic regression and restricted cubic spline (RCS) analyses were conducted to explore the association between DII and youth hypertension. The results revealed a positive relationship between highe

SUBMITTER: Du L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789288 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature