Pro-Inflammatory Diets Are Associated with Frailty in an Urban Middle-Aged African American and White Cohort

Diet quality is a modifiable risk factor for frailty, but research on the association of frailty with dietary inflammatory potential is limited. The objective was to determine associations between diet quality assessed by the dietary inflammatory index (DII) with frailty status over time. Participan...

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Main Authors: Marie Fanelli Kuczmarski, May A. Beydoun, Michael F. Georgescu, Nicole Noren Hooten, Nicolle A. Mode, Michele K. Evans, Alan B. Zonderman
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
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author Marie Fanelli Kuczmarski
May A. Beydoun
Michael F. Georgescu
Nicole Noren Hooten
Nicolle A. Mode
Michele K. Evans
Alan B. Zonderman
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May A. Beydoun
Michael F. Georgescu
Nicole Noren Hooten
Nicolle A. Mode
Michele K. Evans
Alan B. Zonderman
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description Diet quality is a modifiable risk factor for frailty, but research on the association of frailty with dietary inflammatory potential is limited. The objective was to determine associations between diet quality assessed by the dietary inflammatory index (DII) with frailty status over time. Participants with both dietary and frailty data from the longitudinal Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study were used (<i>n</i> = 2901, 43.5% male, 43.8% African American, 48.5 y mean baseline age, with a mean 8.7 y of follow-up). Group-based trajectory modeling identified two frailty (remaining non-frail or being pre-frail/frail over time) and three diet quality trajectory groups (high or medium pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory potentials). Multiple logistic regression found both medium pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory DII trajectory groups, compared to the high pro-inflammatory group, were positively associated with being non-frail over time for the overall sample, both sexes and races. Kaplan–Meier curves and log-rank test revealed anti-inflammatory DII scores were associated with lower risk for being pre-frail or frail. No longitudinal relationship existed between frailty status at baseline and annualized DII change, a check on reverse causality. This study contributes to our current knowledge providing longitudinal evidence of the link between anti-inflammatory DII score with lower frailty risk.
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spelling doaj.art-ab506b1f3b664f37b7b4e5197e8a7d812023-11-10T15:09:45ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432023-10-011521459810.3390/nu15214598Pro-Inflammatory Diets Are Associated with Frailty in an Urban Middle-Aged African American and White CohortMarie Fanelli Kuczmarski0May A. Beydoun1Michael F. Georgescu2Nicole Noren Hooten3Nicolle A. Mode4Michele K. Evans5Alan B. Zonderman6Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USALaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USALaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USALaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USALaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USALaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USALaboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USADiet quality is a modifiable risk factor for frailty, but research on the association of frailty with dietary inflammatory potential is limited. The objective was to determine associations between diet quality assessed by the dietary inflammatory index (DII) with frailty status over time. Participants with both dietary and frailty data from the longitudinal Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study were used (<i>n</i> = 2901, 43.5% male, 43.8% African American, 48.5 y mean baseline age, with a mean 8.7 y of follow-up). Group-based trajectory modeling identified two frailty (remaining non-frail or being pre-frail/frail over time) and three diet quality trajectory groups (high or medium pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory potentials). Multiple logistic regression found both medium pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory DII trajectory groups, compared to the high pro-inflammatory group, were positively associated with being non-frail over time for the overall sample, both sexes and races. Kaplan–Meier curves and log-rank test revealed anti-inflammatory DII scores were associated with lower risk for being pre-frail or frail. No longitudinal relationship existed between frailty status at baseline and annualized DII change, a check on reverse causality. This study contributes to our current knowledge providing longitudinal evidence of the link between anti-inflammatory DII score with lower frailty risk.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/21/4598diet qualitydietary inflammatory indexpre-frailnutritiongroup-based trajectory modeling
spellingShingle Marie Fanelli Kuczmarski
May A. Beydoun
Michael F. Georgescu
Nicole Noren Hooten
Nicolle A. Mode
Michele K. Evans
Alan B. Zonderman
Pro-Inflammatory Diets Are Associated with Frailty in an Urban Middle-Aged African American and White Cohort
Nutrients
diet quality
dietary inflammatory index
pre-frail
nutrition
group-based trajectory modeling
title Pro-Inflammatory Diets Are Associated with Frailty in an Urban Middle-Aged African American and White Cohort
title_full Pro-Inflammatory Diets Are Associated with Frailty in an Urban Middle-Aged African American and White Cohort
title_fullStr Pro-Inflammatory Diets Are Associated with Frailty in an Urban Middle-Aged African American and White Cohort
title_full_unstemmed Pro-Inflammatory Diets Are Associated with Frailty in an Urban Middle-Aged African American and White Cohort
title_short Pro-Inflammatory Diets Are Associated with Frailty in an Urban Middle-Aged African American and White Cohort
title_sort pro inflammatory diets are associated with frailty in an urban middle aged african american and white cohort
topic diet quality
dietary inflammatory index
pre-frail
nutrition
group-based trajectory modeling
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/21/4598
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