[HTML][HTML] Prospective association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and mortality: modulation by antioxidant supplementation in the SU. VI. MAX randomized …

L Graffouillere, M Deschasaux, F Mariotti… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background: Chronic inflammation is a central mechanism involved in cardiovascular
diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases, 4 leading causes of mortality.
Diet is a major source of pro-and anti-inflammatory bioactive compounds. The Dietary
Inflammatory Index (DII) was designed to estimate the overall inflammatory potential of the
diet. Objective: Our aim was to study the prospective association between the DII and
mortality, as well as assess whether antioxidant supplementation could modulate this …