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Association between the empirical dietary inflammatory index and musculoskeletal pain in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: Inflammation has been proposed to be one of the main causes of musculoskeletal pain. Diet is a lifestyle factor that plays an important role in managing inflammation; thus, we assessed the inflammatory potential of diets using the empirical dietary inflammatory index (EDII) to investigat...

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Autores principales: Rezaei, Mahshid, Tajary, Zahra, Esmaeily, Zahra, Eyvazkhani, Atefeh, Daei, Shahrzad, Dara, Marjan Mansouri, Rezaei, Mohaddeseh, Djazayeri, Abolghassem, Motlagh, Ahmadreza Dorosty
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10211446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36944345
http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2022.0194
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: Inflammation has been proposed to be one of the main causes of musculoskeletal pain. Diet is a lifestyle factor that plays an important role in managing inflammation; thus, we assessed the inflammatory potential of diets using the empirical dietary inflammatory index (EDII) to investigate the relationship between diet and musculoskeletal pain. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 212 elderly individuals who were selected from health centers in Tehran, Iran. Dietary intake was evaluated using a valid and reliable 147-item food frequency questionnaire. To measure the intensity of pain, a visual analogue scale was used. Multiple linear regression was applied to assess the association between the EDII and musculoskeletal pain. RESULTS: In total, 62.7% and 37.3% of participants had mild and severe pain, respectively. The EDII values were 0.97±0.72 and 1.10±0.66, respectively, in those with mild and severe pain. A higher EDII score was associated with more intense musculoskeletal pain after adjusting for age and sex (β=0.20; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.06–0.26; p<0.001), but not after adjustment for other confounders (β=–0.13; 95% CI, –1.54 to 0.60; p=0.39). CONCLUSION: Our findings indicated that higher dietary inflammation might not be associated with musculoskeletal pain in older adults. However, further investigations are required to confirm these findings.