Association of the dietary patterns with the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among Iranian population: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diet-based recommendations can be developed for preventing and treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) after investigating the effects of whole diets on NAFLD. The aim of this study was to identify major dietary patterns and their association with the risk of NAFLD.

Methods

A total of 244 individuals (122 NAFLD patients and 122 controls) participated in this case-control study. The patients with NAFLD were diagnosed by a gastroenterologist. The participants' dietary intake data were collected using a 147-item semi-quantitive food frequency questionnaire and major dietary patterns were identified by principal component analysis. Adherence to dietary patterns was divided into tertiles and its association with odds of NAFLD was investigated by multivariate

SUBMITTER: Dehghanseresht N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7329390 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature