Association between the dietary inflammatory index and common mental health disorders profile scores

In this 2019 study, a mental health disorders profile score was calculated for each Iranian adult participant using regression analysis and based on their levels of anxiety, depression and psychological distress. Haghighatdoost et al. aimed to evaluate the relationship between the subjects’ dietary inflammatory index (DII) and the risk of a worsened mental health disorders profile. The DII scores were calculated based on consumption of 27 macro- and micro-nutrients, onions, teas, and caffeine, which were all obtained through the food frequency questionnaires. The results from the analysis models indicated that participants with the lowest dietary inflammatory index scores (lowest quartile) were less likely to be in the top tertile for mental health disorders profile. Similar relationships were found among both genders, but associations appeared to be more significant in men. The data suggests that the pro-inflammatory characteristics of the diet are directly associated with an increased risk of worse mental health disorder profiles. [NPIDs: insomnia, sleep, sleep disorders, Iran, anxiety, depression, psychological distress, inflammatory index, macros, macronutrients, micronutrients, onions, teas, caffeine]

Year: 2019

Reference: Haghighatdoost, F., Feizi, A., Esmaillzadeh, A., Feinle-Bisset, C., Keshteli, A. H., Afshar, H., & Adibi, P. (2019). Association between the dietary inflammatory index and common mental health disorders profile scores. Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 38(4), 1643–1650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2018.08.016

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