SynthesisMedicine2020
Meta-analysis of the relationship between Dietary Inflammatory Index and esophageal cancer risk.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dietary inflammatory index and risk of major digestive tract cancers: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2026Pooled it
- The effectiveness of dietary intervention in osteoarthritis management: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Dietary inflammatory index and the risk of esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of an anti-inflammatory in comparison with a low caloric diet on physical and mental health in overweight and obese women with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized clinical trial.European journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
- Association Between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and Head and Neck Cancer Incidence-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Impact of a pro-inflammatory diet on upper gastrointestinal cancer risk: evidence from a population-based cohort in high-risk areas of China.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- The relationship between dietary inflammatory potential and cancer outcomes among cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.Translational oncology · 2023Article
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- Association between dietary inflammatory index scores and the increased disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.Nutrition journal · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionDiet is closely related to the occurrence of esophageal cancer (EC). Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), as a novel index that describes the inflammatory potential of diet, was widely used in many diseases.
objectiveTo systematically analyze the relationship between DII and the risk of esophageal cancer.
methodsWe mainly searched relative studies in PubMed, Cochrane library, Web of Science, and other literature database. The random-effect model was used for meta-analysis, and subgroup analysis and sensitivity analysis were used to detect the origin of heterogeneity.
resultsWe finally obtained 6 articles (8 studies). All studies were case-control studies which consisted of 1961 cases and 3577 controls. In this study, compared with the lowest DII category, the highest DII category had a higher risk of esophageal cancer, and the pooled odds ratio (OR) of the 8 studies were 2.54 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.90-3.40; I = 65.7%, P = .005). Furthermore, regardless of the differences in published year, DII components, geographic location, and study quality, there was still an increased risk of esophageal cancer in the highest DII category compared with the lowest DII category.
conclusionsOur results inferred that DII was positively correlated with esophageal cancer risk and it could be used as a tool to predict the esophageal cancer risk and evaluate human health.
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