Mean ± Standard Deviation Intake Values for 1–<10-Year-Old South African Children for Application in the Assessment of the Inflammatory Potential of Their Diets Using the DII® Method: Developmental Research

This study aimed to develop a set of mean &#177; standard deviation (SD) intake values for South African (SA) children for 36 of the 45 food parameters included in the original Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII&#174;) tool. The SA food composition database contains 30 of the 45 food parameters included in the original DII&#174;, and a supplementary database was developed for six of the food parameters not included in the SA database. The SA child mean &#177; SD intake of macronutrients, micronutrients and select flavonoids was calculated by age in years, using eight data sets from dietary surveys conducted in SA in the last three decades. A total sample of 5412 children was included in the calculation of the mean &#177; SD. The current study sample was determined to be representative of 1–