. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Alzheimers Dement. 2017 May 19;13(11):1187–1196. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.04.004

Table 1.

DII food parameters

• Alcohol	• Riboflavin
• Vitamin B₁₂	• Saffron^*
• Vitamin B₆	• Saturated fat
• β-Carotene	• Selenium
• Caffeine	• Thiamin
• Carbohydrate	• Trans fat
• Cholesterol	• Turmeric^*
• Energy kcal	• Vitamin A
• Eugenol^*	• Vitamin C
• Total fat	• Vitamin D
• Fiber	• Vitamin E
• Folic acid	• Zinc
• Garlic^*	• Green/black tea
• Ginger^*	• Flavan-3-ol^*
• Iron	• Flavones^*
• Magnesium	• Flavonols
• MUFA	• Flavanones^*
• Niacin	• Anthocyanidins^*
• Omega 3	• Isoflavones
• Omega 6	• Pepper^*
• Onion	• Thyme or oregano^*
• Protein	• Rosemary^*
• PUFA

Abbreviations: DII, Dietary Inflammatory Index; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; WHI-FFQ, Women’s Health Initiative–Food Frequency Questionnaire.

Items not collected in WHI-FFQ and thus not used in computation of DII.