Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with the severity ofÂ non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5872633	Clinical Nutrition	2014	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet is not associated with lower likelihood of having NAFLD, but it is associated with less degree of insulin resistance and less severe liver disease among patients with NAFLD.

Keywords

NAFLD hsCRP GGT BIA IL-8 IL-6 TGF-β1 NAS FFQ HDL ALT AST Aspartate aminotransferase Alanine aminotransferase Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis Transient elastography Interleukin-8 interleukin-6 non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Liver biopsy Transforming growth factor beta-1 bioelectrical impedance analysis tumor necrosis factor-α Mediterranean diet LSM body mass index BMI Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)TNF-α high density lipoprotein low density lipoprotein LDL Inflammatory markers mediterranean diet score NAFLD activity score Nash FFQ, Food Frequency Questionnaire high sensitivity C-reactive protein gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with the severity ofÂ non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Authors

Meropi D. Kontogianni, Nafsika Tileli, Aikaterini Margariti, Michael Georgoulis, Melanie Deutsch, Dina Tiniakos, Elisabeth Fragopoulou, Rodessa Zafiropoulou, Yannis Manios, George Papatheodoridis,