Dietary inflammatory index and risk of first myocardial infarction; a prospective population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic, low-grade inflammation is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The inflammatory impact of diet can be reflected by concentrations of inflammatory markers in the bloodstream and the inflammatory potential of diet can be estimated by the dietary inflammatory index (DII^TM), which has been associated with cardiovascular disease risk in some previous studies. We aimed to examine the association between the DII and the risk of first myocardial infarction (MI) in a population-based study with long follow-up.

Method

We conducted a prospective case-control study of 1389 verified cases of first MI and 5555 matched controls nested within the population-based cohorts of the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study (NSHDS), of which the la

SUBMITTER: Boden S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5379659 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature