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 inflammat...

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Published in:	Nutrition Journal
Main Authors:	Stina Bodén, Maria Wennberg, Bethany Van Guelpen, Ingegerd Johansson, Bernt Lindahl, Jonas Andersson, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hebert, Lena Maria Nilsson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-04-01
Subjects:	DII Dietary inflammatory index MI Myocardial infarction NSHDS Northern Sweden health and disease study VIP Västerbotten intervention programme MONICA Monitoring of trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease CVD cardiovascular disease
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12937-017-0243-8