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The western dietary pattern is prospectively associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescence
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The western dietary pattern is prospectively associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescence

W.H. Oddy, C.E. Herbison, P. Jacoby, G.L. Ambrosini, T.A. O'Sullivan, O.T. Ayonrinde, J.K. Olynyk, L.J. Black, L.J. Beilin, T.A. Mori, …
The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Vol.108(5), pp.778-785
2013
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Poor dietary habits have been implicated in the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, little is known about the role of specific dietary patterns in the development of NAFLD. We examined prospective associations between dietary patterns and NAFLD in a population-based cohort of adolescents. METHODS: Participants in the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study completed a food frequency questionnaire at 14 years and had liver ultrasound at 17 years (n=995). Healthy and Western dietary patterns were identified using factor analysis and all participants received a z-score for these patterns. Prospective associations between the dietary pattern scores and risk of NAFLD were analyzed using multiple logistic regression. RESULTS: NAFLD was present in 15.2% of adolescents. A higher Western dietary pattern score at 14 years was associated with a greater risk of NAFLD at 17 years (odds ratio (OR) 1.59; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.17-2.14; P<0.005), although these associations were no longer significant after adjusting for body mass index at 14 years. However, a healthy dietary pattern at 14 years appeared protective against NAFLD at 17 years in centrally obese adolescents (OR 0.63; 95% CI 0.41-0.96; P=0.033), whereas a Western dietary pattern was associated with an increased risk of NAFLD. CONCLUSIONS: A Western dietary pattern at 14 years in a general population sample was associated with an increased risk of NAFLD at 17 years, particularly in obese adolescents. In centrally obese adolescents with NAFLD, a healthy dietary pattern may be protective, whereas a Western dietary pattern may increase the risk.

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Citation topics
1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.125 Hepatitis
1.125.663 NAFLD
Web Of Science research areas
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Clinical Medicine
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