Song-Yi Park, Minji Kang, Lynne R Wilkens, Yurii B Shvetsov, Brook E Harmon, Nitin Shivappa, Michael D Wirth, James R Hébert, Christopher A Haiman, Loïc Le Marchand, Carol J Boushey
Diet quality based on inflammatory potential, assessed by the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII® ), has been related to mortality, but studies from racially/ethnically diverse populations are scarce. Using data from the Multiethnic Cohort Study in Hawaii and California, we investigated the association of the DII with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer mortality, both overall and by race/ethnicity. The analysis included 150,405 African Americans, Native Hawaiians, Japanese Americans, Latinos, and Whites aged 45⁻75 years, with 47,436 deaths during an average follow-up of 18...
December 1, 2018: Nutrients