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Higher dietary quality, particularly adherence to healthful plant-based, Eat-Lancet, and Mediterranean diets, is associated with lower odds of chronic pain, with different dietary indices uniquely correlating with specific pain subtypes and distributions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This study aims to examine the associations between diverse dietary quality measures and the presence of acute or chronic pain.

May 1, 2026Journal of PainOpen Access

The Association Between Diverse Dietary Quality Measures and the Presence of Acute or Chronic Pain in the UK Biobank

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ÖEÖmer ElmaVrije Universiteit Brussel CLChristopher LongBournemouth University JNJo NijsPain in Motion

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Large-scale analysis shows dietary quality links to chronic pain risk and specific pain types.

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This study aims to examine the associations between diverse dietary quality measures and the presence of acute or chronic pain.
Data from 55,721 participants in the UK Biobank were analyzed.
Multinomial logistic regression models assessed the relationship between dietary indices and pain presence.
Subgroup analyses evaluated chronic pain by number of pain sites and types.
Higher scores of hPDI (OR: 0.993, 95% CI: 0.989-0.997), EATL (OR: 0.969, 95% CI: 0.955-0.983), and MDS (OR: 0.981, 95% CI: 0.969-0.992) were linked to lower odds of chronic pain.
Only hPDI was associated with lower odds of acute pain.
Distinct dietary indices revealed unique associations with specific pain types and distributions.

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Elma et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1b882939ea7417dc42f372 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106331

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