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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2023

Diet-related inflammation increases the odds of multiple sclerosis: Results from a large population-based prevalent case-control study in Jordan.

Omar A Alhaj, Khaled Trabelsi, Abdallah M Younes, Nitin Shivappa, Nicola L Bragazzi, James R Hebert, Haitham A Jahrami

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Omar A AlhajDepartment of Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Petra, Amman, Jordan.
Khaled TrabelsiHigh Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Abdallah M YounesConsultant Neurologist, Amman, Jordan.
Nitin ShivappaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.
Nicola L BragazziLaboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Department of Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
James R HebertDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.
Haitham A JahramiDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain.
Connecting Health Innovations (United States) · USMinistry of Health · BHPetra University · JOUniversity of Sfax · TNUniversity of South Carolina · USYork University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Multiple sclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease in young and middle-aged adults, is one of the leading causes of non-traumatic disability in adults. Diet is known to have an important role in the modulating inflammatory processes and influencing molecular pathways. Purpose: This study aims to examine the association of the inflammatory capacity of diet measured by DII with MS in Jordan. Methods: This prevalent case-control study included participants of both sexes, aged between 20 and 60 years. The cases ( Results: Cases represent a mixed sample of MS phenotypes and controls were comparable on age and sex. However, controls tended to be taller, lighter, had a lower BMI, and had a lower smoking rate. After controlling for age, BMI, sex, and smoking status, there was a consistent increase in MS risk according to DII score, with a 10-fold increase in odds in quartile 4 vs. quartile 1 [OR Conclusion: The findings of this study, obtained in MS patients with varied illness duration over the previous 3 years, are consistent with an association between the overall inflammatory potential of diet and MS odds. Our findings among MS participants showed a significantly more pro-inflammatory DII scores than age- and sex-matched controls. Our results also suggest that MS group had a diet rich in pro-inflammatory foods and nutrients.

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dietary inflammatory index (DII)macronutrientsmicronutrientsmultiple sclerosisnutrition

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PMID37090771
PMCPMC10113660
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