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. 2022 Jan 11;21(1):109–121. doi: 10.1007/s40200-021-00945-6

Table 2.

Studies included in systematic review and meta-analysis of DII and BMD

First author
(year)
country Mean age
(range)
gender Sample size Study population (health status) Type of study Follow up (number of incident case) Dietary inflammatory index
tool
Unit of comparison Bone health status
(methods of measurement)
Effect size measure
(95%CI)
Adjusted for*

T. Orchard

(2017)[18]

USA

63

(50-79)

F 8303 Postmenopausal women Cohort 6 years 122- item FFQ Q4 vs. Q1

BMD (DXA)

Hip

After multivariable adjustment, women with the least inflammatory dietary pattern (Q1) had a more positive overall change in hip BMD

( p for linear trend < 0.001)

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19

MM.Cervo

(2019)[21]

Australia

63.0 (7.5)

50-79

 F/M 1098 Non-institutionalized older adults Cohort 10 years 74-item FFQ 1- unit increase in E-DII

BMD (DXA)

Femoral neck

Total Hip

lumbar spine

(DXA)

M

B= -0.001

(-0.008 to 0.006)

F

B=-0.002

(-0.009 to 0.005)

M

B= -0.009

(-0.017 to -0.000)

F

B=-0.007

(-0.016 to 0.001)

M

B=-0.013

(-0.024 to -0.002)

F

B=-0.009

(-0.019 to 0.001)

1,4,31,32,34,35
Y.Zhou (2019)[25] china 31.72 (4.50) F 150 Lactating women Cohort 5 months 48-item FFQ DII Tertiles

BD

(QUS)

Mean (SD) BD changes

T1: 0.05 (0.3)

T2: 0.00 (0.3)

T3: -0.1 (0.4)

3,5,21,26,36,37,38

 N.Shivappa

(2016)[26]

Iran

60 (8.4)

50-85

F 160 Postmenopausal women Cross-sectional NA

168- item

FFQ

DII

(continuous)

DII > −0.06 vs. DII ≤ −0.06

BMD(DXA)

lumbar spine

femoral neck

lumbar spine

femoral neck

OR*=1.64

(1.11- 2.43)

OR=1.29

(0.86- 1.93)

OR*=2.30

(1.05- 5.07)

OR=1.22

(0.55- 2.72)

1,3,4,5,9, 12, 20, 21,23,24,25

M. Mazidi

(2017)[24]

USA 47.43 (0.27) F/M

18,318

M=9397

 F=8921

Healthy adults Cross-sectional NA One 24-h diet recall Q1vs Q4

BMD

(DXA)

Standardized mean difference of BMD 1,2,3,4,5,21,33
 W.Na (2019)[27] Korea

63.65 (8.44)

≥50

F 2778 Postmenopausal women cross-sectional study NA 24-h dietary recall

DII Tertiles

T1

( -5.15 to 0.84)

vs.

T3

(3.05 to 6.35)

BMD (DXA)

Total femur

Femur neck

Lumbar spine

(L1-L4)

OR= 1.27

(1.00-1.62)

OR*= 1.43

(1.10-1.86)

OR= 1.11

(0.87-1.49)

1,3,4,5,12,27,32,41,42

Y: years, F: females, M:males, FFQ: food frequency questionnaire, HR: hazard ratio, OR: odds ratio, Q: quartile, T: tertile, DII: dietary inflammatory index, E-DII:Energy adjusted dietary inflammatory index, BD: Bone density

QUS: Quantitative ultrasonometry

* 1-age, 2-race, 3- BMI, 4-smoking, 5- physical activity, 6-DII (baseline),7-CT(clinical trial assignment), 8-parental history of fracture, 9-personal history of fracture at age 55 years or older, 10-region, 11-diabetes, 12-female hormone use, 13-NSAID use, 14-total calcium intake, 15- corticosteroid use (screening), 16-inflammatory bowel disease,17- rheumatoid arthritis, 18-weight, 19-height, 20- parity, 21- education, 22- fragility fracture history, 23- supplement intake, 24-antiresoptive drug use, 25- age at menarche, 26- total energy intake, 27-yearly income,28-Charlson comorbidityIndex,29-physical activity scale for the elderly, 30-gender, 31-alcohol consumption, 32- calcium supplement, 33-C-reactive protein, 34-percnetage body fat, 35- step per day,36- baseline T-score, 37- feeding modes, 38- time of complementary foods, 39-stage of sexual maturation, 40-muscle cross-sectional area,, 41-postmenopausal period, 42- vitamin D, 43- CES-D, 44-use of medications for Knee OA