Associations between an inflammatory diet index and severe non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a prospective study of 171,544 UK Biobank participants

Background Although non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is linked to inflammation, whether an inflammatory diet increases the risk of NAFLD is unclear. This study aimed to examine the association between the Energy-adjusted Diet Inflammatory Index (E-DII) score and severe NAFLD using UK Biobank. Methods This prospective cohort study included 171,544 UK Biobank participants. The E-DII score was computed using 18 food parameters. Associations between the E-DII and incident severe NAFLD (defined as hospital admission or death) were first investigated by E-DII categories (very/moderately anti-inflammatory [E-DII < − 1], neutral [E-DII − 1 to 1] and very/moderately pro-inflammatory [E-DII > 1]) using Cox proportional hazard models. Nonlinear associations were investigated using penalised cubic splines fitted into the Cox proportional hazard models. Analyses were adjusted for sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related factors. Results Over a median follow-up of 10.2 years, 1489 participants developed severe NAFLD. After adjusting for confounders, individuals in the very/moderately pro-inflammatory category had a higher risk (HR: 1.19 [95% CI: 1.03 to 1.38]) of incident severe NAFLD compared with those in the very/moderately anti-inflammatory category. There was some evidence of nonlinearity between the E-DII score and severe NAFLD. Conclusions Pro-inflammatory diets were associated with a higher risk of severe NAFLD independent of confounders such as the components of the metabolic syndrome. Considering there is no recommended treatment for the disease, our findings suggest a potential means to lower the risk of NAFLD..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

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BMC medicine - 21(2023), 1 vom: 03. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

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Petermann-Rocha, Fanny [VerfasserIn]
Wirth, Michael D. [VerfasserIn]
Boonpor, Jirapitcha [VerfasserIn]
Parra-Soto, Solange [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Ziyi [VerfasserIn]
Mathers, John C. [VerfasserIn]
Livingstone, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Forrest, Ewan [VerfasserIn]
Pell, Jill P. [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Frederick K. [VerfasserIn]
Hébert, James R. [VerfasserIn]
Celis-Morales, Carlos [VerfasserIn]

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Diet
Incidence
Inflammation
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Prospective studies

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© The Author(s) 2023

doi:

10.1186/s12916-023-02793-y

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SPR049937138