biostudies-literatureAmanatidou AIEuropean Union and Greek national funds, through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation under the call RESEARCH-CREATE-INNOVATEEuropean Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program MAST4HEALTH under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreementAthina I. Amanatidou was supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) under the HFRI PhD Fellowship grant971https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8775335biostudies-literatureUnknown19(2)Whereas the etiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is complex, the role of nutrition as a causing and preventive factor is not fully explored. The aim of this study is to associate dietary patterns with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters in a European population (Greece, Italy, and Serbia) affected by NAFLD. For the first time, iron-corrected T1 (cT1), proton density fat fraction (PDFF), and the liver inflammation fibrosis score (LIF) were examined in relation to diet. A total of 97 obese patients with NAFLD from the MAST4HEALTH study were included in the analysis. A validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to assess the quality of diet and food combinations. Other variables investigated include anthropometric measurements, total type International journal of environmental research and public healthAssociation of Dietary Patterns with MRI Markers of Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrosis in the MAST4HEALTH Study.PMC8775335T2EDK-030441529691042Francino MPBanerjee RAmanatidou AIKannt ALlorens CGastaldelli AVezou CStojanoski STrivella MGDedoussis GVKaliora ACMilosevic NKurth MJDeloukas PMedic-Stojanoska MKalafati IPMarascio FMilic NSmyrnioudis IVisvikis-Siest SBeribaka MAmerikanou CfalseAssociation of Dietary Patterns with MRI Markers of Hepatic Inflammation and Fibrosis in the MAST4HEALTH Study.Whereas the etiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is complex, the role of nutrition as a causing and preventive factor is not fully explored. The aim of this study is to associate dietary patterns with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters in a European population (Greece, Italy, and Serbia) affected by NAFLD. For the first time, iron-corrected T1 (cT1), proton density fat fraction (PDFF), and the liver inflammation fibrosis score (LIF) were examined in relation to diet. A total of 97 obese patients with NAFLD from the MAST4HEALTH study were included in the analysis. A validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to assess the quality of diet and food combinations. Other variables investigated include anthropometric measurements, total type 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Jan2026-04-08T07:29:25.542Z2022-02-11T15:52:44.255ZS-EPMC87753353505579710.3390/ijerph19020971