Abstract
We investigated the association between dietary patterns and serum hepatic enzyme levels in adults with dyslipidemia and impaired fasting glucose in Taiwan. A total of 15,005 subjects (5452 men and 9553 women) aged 35–69 years were selected. Two major dietary patterns were identified by principal component analysis: Western dietary pattern and Mediterranean dietary pattern. Subjects in the highest quartile (Q4) of the Western dietary pattern showed an increased risk of elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (OR: 1.24, 95% CI: 1.06–1.45, p‐trend = 0.01). Fur‐thermore, in the highest quartile of the Western dietary pattern, subjects with high waist circum‐ference were observed to have a greater risk for developing abnormal serum ALT levels compared to those in the lowest quartile (Q1) (OR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.04–1.97, p‐trend = 0.01). In the highest quartile of the Western dietary pattern, only women were at an increased risk for having abnormal serum ALT levels (OR: 1.28, 95% CI: 1.04–1.59, p‐trend = 0.03). By contrast, in the highest quartile of the Mediterranean dietary pattern, only men were at a reduced risk for having abnormal serum gamma‐glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels (OR: 0.72, 95% CI: 0.53–0.97, p‐trend = 0.048). We report a positive association between the Western dietary pattern and abnormal serum ALT levels.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 987 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Nutrients |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- Cross‐sectional study
- Dietary patterns
- Dyslipidemia
- Factor analysis
- Impaired fasting plasma glucose
- Serum hepatic enzyme
- Taiwan
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Food Science
- Nutrition and Dietetics