Physical activity and risk of fatty liver in people with different levels of alcohol consumption: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether physical activity affects the future incidence of fatty liver in people with never-moderate and heavy alcohol consumption.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Health check-up programme at Meiji Yasuda Shinjuku Medical Center in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, Japan.

Population

A total of 10,146 people aged 18 years or older without fatty liver enrolled through baseline surveys conducted from 2005 to 2007. They were grouped into never-moderate alcohol drinkers (n=7803) and heavy alcohol drinkers (n=2343) and followed until 2013.

Main outcome measure

Incident fatty liver diagnosed by ultrasound.

Results

During a mean follow-up of 4.4 years (34,648 person-years), 1255 never-moderate alcohol drinkers developed fatty liver;

SUBMITTER: Tsunoda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4127917 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature