Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Jul 6;116(1):255-262. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac079.
Higher levels of intra-abdominal adipose tissue (IAAT) comprising visceral adipose tissue (VAT), intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT), and liver fat are posited drivers of obesity-related chronic disease risk. Fast food is hypothesized to contribute to IAAT patterns.
We quantified levels of abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), IAAT, and odds of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) in middle age according to average fast-food intake over the preceding 25 y.
We analyzed data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Participants underwent 6 clinical exams and measurements over 25 y with computed tomography-measured VAT, SAT, and IMAT (n = 3156), plus MAFLD defined by liver attenuation (≤40 Hounsfield units) and 1 metabolic abnormality at year 25 (2010, n = 3001, n cases = 302). We estimated means of VAT, SAT, IMAT, and liver attenuation at the year 25 exam according to categories of average fast-food intake over the previous 25 y adjusted for sociodemographic and lifestyle factors and logistic regression to estimate the odds ratio of MAFLD at year 25.
With higher average fast-food intake over 25 y (categorized as follows: never-1×/mo, >1×-3×/mo, 1-<2×/wk, 2-<3×/wk, ≥3×/wk), there were monotonic higher levels of VAT (98.5, 127.6, 134.5, 142.0, 145.5 cm3), P-trend < 0.0001, which were consistent across anthropometrically classified obesity categories. There was a similar pattern with liver fat. There were higher levels of IMAT and SAT with higher fast-food intake (P-trend = 0.003, 0.0002, respectively), with amounts leveling off at ≥2×/wk. In addition, compared with participants who ate fast food never-1×/mo, there were monotonic higher odds of having MAFLD at year 25 with higher average fast-food intake, with participants who ate fast food ≥3×/wk having an OR of MAFLD = 5.18 (95% CI: 2.87, 9.37).
There were monotonic higher levels of VAT, liver fat, and odds of having MAFLD in middle age according to higher average fast-food intake over the preceding 25 y.
内脏脂肪组织(VAT)、肌肉间脂肪组织(IMAT)和肝脂肪等腹部内脏脂肪组织(IAAT)水平升高被认为是与肥胖相关的慢性疾病风险的驱动因素。快餐被认为是导致 IAAT 模式的因素之一。
我们根据过去 25 年中平均快餐摄入量,量化了中年人的腹部皮下脂肪组织(SAT)、IAAT 和代谢相关脂肪性肝病(MAFLD)的患病几率。
我们分析了来自冠状动脉风险发展在年轻人(CARDIA)研究的数据。参与者在 25 年内进行了 6 次临床检查和测量,通过计算机断层扫描测量了 VAT、SAT 和 IMAT(n=3156),以及在第 25 年(2010 年)通过肝脏衰减(≤40 亨氏单位)和 1 项代谢异常定义的 MAFLD(n=3001,n 病例=302)。我们根据过去 25 年中平均快餐摄入量的类别,估计了第 25 年检查中 VAT、SAT、IMAT 和肝脏衰减的平均值,调整了社会人口统计学和生活方式因素,并进行了逻辑回归,以估计第 25 年 MAFLD 的比值比。
随着过去 25 年中平均快餐摄入量的增加(分为以下几类:从不-1 次/月,>1-3 次/月,1-<2 次/周,2-<3 次/周,≥3 次/周),VAT 水平呈单调递增趋势(98.5、127.6、134.5、142.0、145.5cm3),P-趋势<0.0001,并且在按人体测量学分类的肥胖类别中均保持一致。肝脂肪也呈现出类似的模式。随着快餐摄入量的增加,IMAT 和 SAT 的水平也更高(P-趋势=0.003,0.0002),但在每周≥2 次后趋于平稳。此外,与每月吃快餐不超过 1 次的参与者相比,随着过去 25 年中平均快餐摄入量的增加,有 MAFLD 的参与者的 MAFLD 患病几率呈单调递增趋势,每周吃快餐≥3 次的参与者患 MAFLD 的 OR 为 5.18(95%CI:2.87,9.37)。
根据过去 25 年中平均快餐摄入量,中年人的 VAT、肝脂肪和 MAFLD 患病几率呈单调递增趋势。