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SUBMITTER: Rafiee P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6628332 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rafiee Pegah P Shivappa Nitin N Hébert James R JR Nasab Saeede Jaafari SJ Bahrami Alireza A Hekmatdoost Azita A Rashidkhani Bahram B Sadeghi Amir A Houshyari Mohammad M Hejazi Ehsan E
Nutrients 20190528 6
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic inflammation is implicated in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC) and its precursor; colorectal adenomatous polyps (CAP). Some dietary factors are important triggers for systemic inflammation. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the association between the dietary inflammatory index (DII<sup>®</sup>) and the risk of CRC and CAP in an Iranian case-control study.<h4>Methods</h4>134 newly diagnosed CRC patients, 130 newly diagnosed CAP patients, and 2 ...[more]