Modest Alcohol Consumption has an Inverse Association with Liver Fat Content

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiaki Gunji ◽  
Hajime Sato ◽  
Kimiko Iijima ◽  
Kazutoshi Fujibayashi ◽  
Mitsue Okumura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Liver Fat ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Liver Fat Content

scholarly journals Dietary Factors in Relation to Liver Fat Content: A Cross-sectional Study

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cora Watzinger ◽  
Tobias Nonnenmacher ◽  
Mirja Grafetstätter ◽  
Solomon A. Sowah ◽  
Cornelia M. Ulrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diet Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Dietary Factors ◽  
Liver Fat ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Liver Fat Content ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Alcoholic Fatty Liver

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can lead to functional liver impairment and severe comorbidities. Beyond energy balance, several dietary factors may increase NAFLD risk, but human studies are lacking. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the associations between food consumption (47 food groups, derived Mediterranean and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet quality scores) and liver fat content (continuous scale and NAFLD, i.e., >5% liver fat content). Liver fat content was measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 136 individuals (BMI: 25–40 kg/m2, age: 35–65, 50.7% women) and food intake was recorded by food frequency questionnaires (FFQs). Associations between food items and liver fat were evaluated by multi-variable regression models. Intakes of cake and cookies as well legumes were inversely associated with liver fat content, while positive associations with intakes of high-fat dairy and cheese were observed. Only cake and cookie intake also showed an inverse association with NAFLD. This inverse association was unexpected, but not affected by adjustment for reporting bias. Both diet quality scores were inversely associated with liver fat content and NAFLD. Thus, as smaller previous intervention studies, our results suggest that higher diet quality is related to lower liver fat, but larger trials with iso-caloric interventions are needed to corroborate these findings.

scholarly journals First-degree family history of diabetes and its relationship with serum osteocalcin levels independent of liver fat content in a non-diabetic Chinese cohort

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiting Xu ◽  
Yun Shen ◽  
Xiaojing Ma ◽  
Chengchen Gu ◽  
Yufei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fat Content ◽  
Liver Fat ◽  
Target Tissue ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Serum Osteocalcin ◽  
Liver Fat Content ◽  
Alcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
Family History Of Diabetes ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

Abstract Background First-degree relatives of patients with diabetes (FDR) tend to have impaired insulin activity, which lead to the alternation of circulating cytokine levels. Liver is a main target tissue of insulin action; therefore, liver fat content (LFC) has a close relationship with insulin resistance. This study aimed to find the alteration in serum osteocalcin levels in FDR and the relationship of serum osteocalcin levels with FDR and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Methods In total, 1206 subjects including 413 men and 793 women from the communities, aged 59.7 (range, 54.8–64.3) years, were enrolled. An electrochemiluminescence immunoassay was performed to measure the levels of serum osteocalcin. LFC was measured using quantitative ultrasonography. Results A significant decrease was found in serum osteocalcin levels in subjects with NAFLD (P < 0.001) as well as in FDR (19.8 ± 5.7 ng/mL versus 20.7 ± 6.8 ng/mL, P = 0.028). Furthermore, among the subjects with NAFLD, those with FDR had lower levels of osteocalcin than those without FDR (P = 0.011). The presence of FDR remained a predictor for decreased serum osteocalcin levels after adjusting for body mass index, blood glucose, blood lipids, and LFC (standardized β = − 0.057, P = 0.028). Conclusions FDR had lower serum osteocalcin levels than non-FDR. The inverse association between FDR and serum osteocalcin levels was independent of metabolic factors.

Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT)—Plasma Liver Function Tests Reflect Change in Liver Fat Content in Early Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1834-P
Author(s):  
SVIATLANA V. ZHYZHNEUSKAYA ◽  
AHMAD AL-MRABEH ◽  
CARL PETERS ◽  
ALISON C. BARNES ◽  
KIEREN G. HOLLINGSWORTH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Liver Function ◽  
Liver Function Tests ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Diabetes Remission ◽  
Liver Fat ◽  
Early Type ◽  
Liver Fat Content

115-LB: Oral Insulin–Induced Reduction in Liver Fat Content in T2DM Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 115-LB
Author(s):  
MIRIAM KIDRON ◽  
SHARON PERLES ◽  
REEM KALOTI ◽  
RAMI GHANTOUS ◽  
SUHA F. SANDOUKA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Liver Fat ◽  
Oral Insulin ◽  
Liver Fat Content

scholarly journals Liver fat content is independently associated with microalbuminuria in a normotensive, euglycaemic Chinese population: a community-based, cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. e044237
Author(s):  
Xiaoming Li ◽  
Mingfeng Xia ◽  
Hui Ma ◽  
Yu Hu ◽  
Hongmei Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Blood Glucose ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Lipoprotein Cholesterol ◽  
Liver Fat ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Liver Fat Content ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Multivariable Logistic Regression

ObjectiveNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with microalbuminuria (MA) in patients with diabetes/pre-diabetes. Whether this association is mediated by blood glucose and blood pressure (BP) remains unclear. This study investigated whether liver fat content (LFC) was associated with MA in a normotensive and non-diabetic population.DesignA cross-sectional substudy.SettingsLFC was determined from the hepatic/renal echogenicity ratio at ultrasound. MA was defined as an albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) of 30–300 µg/mg (early- morning urine sample). Multivariable logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were used to evaluate LFC as a predictor of MA.ParticipantsBetween May 2010 and June 2011, this cross-sectional, community-based study enrolled residents from Shanghai (China), aged ≥40 years and with normal glucose tolerance and BP.ResultsA total of 550 residents (median age, 57 years; 174 men) were enrolled and stratified according to LFC quartiles. ACR (p<0.001) and MA prevalence (p=0.012) increased across the LFC quartiles. Multivariable logistic regression showed that the OR for MA (per SD increase in LFC) was 1.840 (95% CI 1.173 to 2.887, p=0.008) after adjustment for potential confounders including age, gender, waist-hip ratio, blood urea nitrogen, systolic and diastolic BP, fasting blood glucose, postprandial glucose, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, total cholesterol, estimated glomerular filtration rate and lipid-lowering drugs. The ROC analysis revealed that the optimal LFC cut-off value for predicting MA was 6.82%.ConclusionLFC is independently associated with MA in normotensive, euglycaemic middle-aged and elderly Chinese individuals. Screening for MA in people with NAFLD might facilitate early intervention to minimise kidney disease risk.

Liver steatosis coexists with myocardial insulin resistance and coronary dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes

2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (2) ◽  
pp. E282-E290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riikka Lautamäki ◽  
Ronald Borra ◽  
Patricia Iozzo ◽  
Markku Komu ◽  
Terho Lehtimäki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Liver Steatosis ◽  
Fat Content ◽  
Liver Fat ◽  
Liver Fat Content ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
Myocardial Insulin Resistance ◽  
High Liver

Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) is a common comorbidity in patients with type 2 diabetes and links to the risk of coronary syndromes. The aim was to determine the manifestations of metabolic syndrome in different organs in patients with liver steatosis. We studied 55 type 2 diabetic patients with coronary artery disease using positron emission tomography. Myocardial perfusion was measured with [15O]H2O and myocardial and skeletal muscle glucose uptake with 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose during hyperinsulinemic euglycemia. Liver fat content was determined by magnetic resonance proton spectroscopy. Patients were divided on the basis of their median (8%) into two groups with low (4.6 ± 2.0%) and high (17.4 ± 8.0%) liver fat content. The groups were well matched for age, BMI, and fasting plasma glucose. In addition to insulin resistance at the whole body level ( P = 0.012) and muscle ( P = 0.002), the high liver fat group had lower insulin-stimulated myocardial glucose uptake ( P = 0.040) and glucose extraction rate ( P = 0.0006) compared with the low liver fat group. In multiple regression analysis, liver fat content was the most significant explanatory variable for myocardial insulin resistance. In addition, the high liver fat group had increased concentrations of high sensitivity C-reactive protein, soluble forms of E-selectin, vascular adhesion protein-1, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 ( P < 0.05) and lower coronary flow reserve ( P = 0.02) compared with the low liver fat group. In conclusion, in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease, liver fat content is a novel independent indicator of myocardial insulin resistance and reduced coronary functional capacity. Further studies will reveal the effect of hepatic fat reduction on myocardial metabolism and coronary function.

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