Dietary Inflammatory Index and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in the SUN Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diet is known to play a key role in atherogenesis and in the development of cardiovascular events. Dietary factors may mediate these processes acting as potential modulators of inflammation. Potential Links between inflammatory properties of diet and the occurrence of cardiovascular events have not been tested previously.

Objective

We aimed to assess the association between the dietary inflammatory index (DII), a method to assess the inflammatory potential of the diet, and incident cardiovascular disease.

Methods

In the prospective, dynamic SUN cohort, 18,794 middle-aged, Spanish university graduates were followed up for 8.9 years (median). A validated 136-item food-frequency questionnaire was used to calculate the DII. The DII is based on scientific eviden

SUBMITTER: Ramallal R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4560420 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature