Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Department of Laboratory, Affiliated Women and Children's Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2024 Sep;33(3):413-423. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0012.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a worldwide public health problem. Current evidence on the association between dietary iron intake and the risk of NAFLD is limited. The present study aimed to investigate the associations of animal-derived dietary iron (ADDI) intake, plant-derived dietary iron (PDDI) intake, and the ratio of PDDI:ADDI with NAFLD risk among U.S. adult population.
This was a repeated cross-sectional study. Data were collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2018. NAFLD was defined as a United States Fatty Lives Index ≥30, and dietary iron intake was assessed through two 24-h dietary recall in-terviews. Logistic regression and restricted cubic spline models were applied to examine the associations between dietary iron intake from different sources and NAFLD risk.
A total of 9478 participants aged ≥20 years were enrolled in the present study. After adjustment for multiple confounding factors, relative to the lowest quartile, the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of NAFLD for the highest quartile was 1.01(95% CI, 0.82-1.24) for ADDI intake, 0.82 (95% CI, 0.64-0.99) for PDDI intake, and 1.00 (95% CI, 0.81-1.24) for the PDDI: ADDI intake ratio. In stratified analysis by sex and age, the significantly negative associations of PDDI intake with NAFLD was observed in women and participants older than 45 years. Dose-response analyses indicated that NAFLD was negatively associated with PDDI intake in a non-linear manner.
PDDI intake was negatively associated with NAFLD in U.S. adults.
非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)已成为全球性的公共卫生问题。目前关于膳食铁摄入量与 NAFLD 风险之间关联的证据有限。本研究旨在调查美国成年人中动物源性膳食铁(ADDI)摄入量、植物源性膳食铁(PDDI)摄入量以及 PDDI:ADDI 比值与 NAFLD 风险之间的关联。
这是一项重复的横断面研究。数据来自 2007-2018 年全国健康和营养调查(NHANES)。NAFLD 定义为美国肥胖生活指数(USFLI)≥30,膳食铁摄入量通过两次 24 小时膳食回忆访谈进行评估。应用逻辑回归和限制立方样条模型来检验不同来源的膳食铁摄入与 NAFLD 风险之间的关联。
本研究共纳入 9478 名年龄≥20 岁的参与者。在调整了多种混杂因素后,与最低四分位相比,ADDI 摄入量最高四分位的 NAFLD 比值比(OR)和 95%置信区间(CI)为 1.01(95%CI,0.82-1.24),PDDI 摄入量为 0.82(95%CI,0.64-0.99),PDDI:ADDI 摄入量比为 1.00(95%CI,0.81-1.24)。按性别和年龄分层分析,PDDI 摄入量与 NAFLD 呈显著负相关,仅在女性和年龄大于 45 岁的参与者中观察到。剂量反应分析表明,PDDI 摄入量与 NAFLD 呈非线性负相关。
美国成年人中 PDDI 摄入量与 NAFLD 呈负相关。