High dietary inflammatory index associates with inflammatory proteins in plasma.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe PLIC study, including clinical assessments, collection of biological samples and analysis of individual data, was approved in 2001 by the Scientific Ethic Committee of the University of Milan (SEFAP/Pr.0003). Consent for publicationNot Applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to the submitted work. Competing interests The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to the submitted work."

"Funding The work of A. Baragetti is supported by: “Cibo, Microbiota, Salute” by “Vini di Batasiolo S.p.A” AL_RIC19ABARA_01; a research award (2021) from “the Peanut Institute”; Ministry of Health—Ricerca Corrente—IRCCS MultiMedica; PRIN 2017H5F943; ERANET ER-2017-2364981; “PNRR M4C2-Investimento 1.4-CN00000041”, European Union—NextGeneration EU; Progetti di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN-PNRR 2022 P202294PHK). The work of A.L. Catapano is supported by Ministry of Health - Ricerca Corrente - IRCCS MultiMedica, PRIN 2017H5F943, ERANET ER-2017-2364981, and Fondazione SISA."