The association between an energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index and inflammation in rural and urban Black South Africans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the inflammatory potential of the diet of rural and urban Black South Africans using an adapted energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index (AE-DII) and to investigate its relationship with inflammatory and cardio-metabolic disease risk markers. Dietary inflammatory potential has not been investigated in African populations.

Design

Cross-sectional investigation.

Setting

Rural and urban sites in the North West province of South Africa.

Participants

1885 randomly selected, apparently healthy Black South Africans older than 30 years.

Results

AE-DII scores ranged from -3·71 to +5·08 with a mean of +0·37. AE-DII scores were significantly higher in men (0·47 ± 1·19) than in women (0·32 ± 1·29), and in rural (0·55 ± 1·29) than urban partici

SUBMITTER: Ferreira M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991709 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature