Dietary and Lifestyle Inflammation Scores are Inversely Associated with Metabolic-associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) among Iranian Adults: A Nested Case-Control Study.
Ehsaneh TaheriRoberd M BostickBehzad HatamiMohammad Amin PourhoseingholiHamid Asadzadeh AghdaeiAlireza MoslemAlireza Mousavi JarrahiMohammad Reza ZaliPublished in: The Journal of nutrition (2021)
Our results suggest that higher balances of pro- relative to anti-inflammatory dietary and lifestyle exposures, separately and especially jointly, may be associated with higher MAFLD risk among adults. Also, inflammation may be the primary mechanism through which diet affects MAFLD risk.