Table 1.

Food groups used to calculate the Empirical Dietary Inflammatory Pattern (EDIP) score

Food groups	Food items
Pro-inflammatory
Processed meat	Sausages, salami
Red meat	Beef, lamb, hamburger patty
Organ meat	Beef / chicken liver, other organ meats of lamb and beef
Other fish	Canned tuna, fish other than dark-meat fish
Other vegetables	Celery, mushroom, green pepper, corn, eggplant, zucchini, cucumber
Refined grains	White bread, muffin, bagel or roll breads, white rice, pasta, biscuits, noodle
High energy beverages	Soft drinks, other carbonated beverages with sugar or fruit punch drinks
Tomatoes	Fresh Tomato, tomato sauce
Anti-inflammatory
Tea	Dark tea
Coffee	Coffee
Dark yellow vegetables	Carrots, winter squash
Leafy green vegetables	Spinach, lettuce, mixed vegetables
Snacks	Potato chips, corn chips, pufak (extruded corn snack), popcorn, cracker
Fruit Juice	Apple, orange, cantaloupe juices
Pizza	Pizza