Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Saint Joseph University, Damascus Road, P.O. Box 11-5076, Riad el Solh, Beirut, Lebanon.
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle, 19, rue Pierre Waguet, 60026 Beauvais CEDEX, France.
Nutrients. 2017 Nov 14;9(11):1245. doi: 10.3390/nu9111245.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is considered the most common liver disease in the world. Dietary habits have a significant impact on the biological and physical profile of patients and increase the risk of NAFLD. The overall pattern of diet intake is more associated with health outcomes than nutrients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional profile and the dietary patterns of Lebanese NAFLD patients and compare it with controls. During this study; 112 NAFLD Lebanese adult patients (55 men and 57 women); and 110 controls (44 men and 66 women) were recruited. Dietary intake was evaluated by two 24-h recalls and a semi-quantitative 90-item food frequency questionnaire. Dietary patterns were determined by factor analysis. Results from the study demonstrated that 40% of cases belonged to the high fruit group as compared to 30% following a high meat; fast food dietary pattern. Both groups increased the odds of NAFLD by four-fold ( < 0.05). The traditional diet decreases the odds by 33% after adjustment with the covariables. The high fruit diet group was, as with the high meat, fast food dietary pattern, the main potential risk factor for NAFLD in Lebanese patients.
非酒精性脂肪性肝病（NAFLD）被认为是世界上最常见的肝脏疾病。饮食习惯对患者的生物和生理特征有重大影响，并增加了 NAFLD 的风险。饮食摄入的总体模式与健康结果的关系比营养物质更为密切。本研究旨在评估黎巴嫩 NAFLD 患者的营养状况和饮食模式，并将其与对照组进行比较。在这项研究中；招募了 112 名黎巴嫩成年 NAFLD 患者（55 名男性和 57 名女性）和 110 名对照者（44 名男性和 66 名女性）。通过两次 24 小时回忆和半定量 90 项食物频率问卷评估饮食摄入。通过因子分析确定饮食模式。研究结果表明，与遵循高肉类、快餐饮食模式的患者相比，40%的病例属于高水果组。这两个组使 NAFLD 的发病几率增加了四倍（<0.05）。在调整协变量后，传统饮食使发病几率降低了 33%。高水果饮食组与高肉类、快餐饮食模式一样，是黎巴嫩患者发生 NAFLD 的主要潜在危险因素。
