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Macro partitioning
Among dietary components contributing to the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), carbohydrate, vitamin C, and iron have the greatest impact on Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) risk, while vitamin D, alcohol, and monounsaturated fatty acids have the least impact.
To lower your DII and potentially reduce CHD risk, prioritize managing carbohydrate intake, ensuring adequate Vitamin C and Iron, while noting that alcohol and monounsaturated fats had less impact on CHD risk in this specific analysis.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
The results showed that the top 5 dietary components contributing the most to CHD were carbohydrate, vitamin C, iron, vitamin A and caffeine, while the bottom 3 components were vitamin D, alcohol, and monounsaturated fatty acids.
Why this rating
Random forest feature importance (MDG) provides ranking, but causal mechanisms for specific components are inferred from literature.
Source
The relationship between dietary inflammatory index in adults and coronary heart disease: from NHANES 1999–2018
Xu Hong et al. · Frontiers in Nutrition · 2025
DOI 10.3389/fnut.2025.1564580
cross_sectional · n=43842Cited 10×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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- Higher Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) scores are independently associated with an increased risk of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), with a 1-unit increase in DII corresponding to an odds ratio of 1.049 for CHD after adjusting for confounders.Moderate
- The association between Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is mediated by metabolic and lipid indicators, specifically Triglyceride-Glucose (TyG) index, Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI), Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR), High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL), and Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR).Moderate
- The adverse impact of Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) on Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is more pronounced in individuals aged <75 years, females, those with low cholesterol levels, and those with low Framingham risk scores.Moderate
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