The association between dietary inflammatory index and risk of central obesity in adults: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

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The current paper has been reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) checklist [35] (Table E1 in ESM 1); also, the 12-item PRISMA extension checklist was used for abstract writing [36]. The protocol of the current work has been registered in the ethics committee of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Registration number: IR.TBZMED.REC.1397.298).

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Registration number: IR.TBZMED.REC.1397.298).

All authors have read and approved the final manuscript. MAF designed the first hypothesis of the work, searched the data, both authors read and extracted data. MAF analyzed the data and wrote the draft of the manuscript and revised it. MV also was involved in the revision of the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.