The Relationship Between the Score of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet, the Healthy Eating Index, and the Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Iranian Adults: A Case-Control Study
| Author | Elham Pirabbasi | en |
| Author | Hossein Bavi Behbahani | en |
| Author | Zahra Salimi | en |
| Author | Anahita Mansoori | en |
| Author | Narges Dehghanseresht | en |
| Author | Maryam Asadi | en |
| Orcid | Anahita Mansoori [0000-0003-2935-9589] | en |
| Orcid | Maryam Asadi [0000-0002-2510-3722] | en |
| Issued Date | 2023-10-28 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Evidence suggests that healthy dietary patterns such as Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), Mediterranean diet (MED), and Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015) may reduce the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) albeit with controversial results. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate possible associations between the NAFLD risk and adherence to the MED, DASH, and HEI-2015 diets. Methods: A case-control study was conducted involving 122 NAFLD patients and 122 non-NAFLD patients. A gastroenterologist confirmed the NAFLD diagnosis. A 147-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to collect the dietary data, and the scores for MED, DASH diet, and HEI-2015 were obtained. Multivariable logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (Cis). Results: The highest pentile of adherence to the DASH diet was significantly associated with the lowest risk of NAFLD (OR: 0.37, 95% CI: 0.14 - 0.92, P trend = 0.03). This association remained significant after adjustment for the confounding variable NAFLD (OR: 0.33, 95% CI: 0.11 - 0.96, P trend = 0.04). No significant difference was found between NAFLD risk and adherence to the MED and HEI-2015. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the highest score of adherence to the DASH diet was associated with the lowest risk of NAFLD. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/zjrms-138464 | en |
| Keyword | Fatty Liver | en |
| Keyword | Dietary Pattern | en |
| Keyword | Healthy Diet | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | The Relationship Between the Score of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet, the Healthy Eating Index, and the Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Iranian Adults: A Case-Control Study | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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