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ArticleBMC nutrition2022

The association between dietary amino acids and the risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease among Tehranian adults: a case-control study.

Ebrahim Mokhtari, Hamid Ahmadirad, Farshad Teymoori, Azadeh Mohammadebrahim, Samaneh Sadat Bahrololomi, Parvin Mirmiran

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Article in BMC nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ebrahim MokhtariStudent Research Committee, Nutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid AhmadiradNutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985717413, Tehran, Iran.
Farshad TeymooriNutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985717413, Tehran, Iran.
Azadeh MohammadebrahimDepartment of Nutrition, health and treatment center of shahriyar, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Samaneh Sadat BahrololomiDepartment of Nutrition, health and treatment center of shahriyar, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Parvin MirmiranNutrition and Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985717413, Tehran, Iran. mirmiran@endocrine.ac.ir.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRResearch Institute for Endocrine Sciences · IR

Funding

Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 1399/61280
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAmino acids (AAs) are important bioactive components in the diet that can be involved in various underlying biological processes that contribute to the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The present study investigates the association between dietary intake of amino acids and NAFLD in Iranian adults.

methodsThis study was conducted among 225 newly diagnosed cases of NAFLD and 450 controls. A valid and reliable 168-item semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to collect participants' dietary intakes. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess the association between tertiles of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), aromatic amino acids (AAAs), and sulfuric amino acids (SAAs) intake with the odds of NAFLD among the study participants.

resultsThe mean ± standard deviation of age and BMI of participants (53% male) were 38.1 ± 8.8 years and 26.8 ± 4.3 kg/m2, respectively. In the final models, the OR and 95% CI of NAFLD among participants in the highest tertiles of BCAAs, AAAs, and SAAs intake compared with those in the lowest tertiles were (OR = 2.82; 95% CI: 1.50-5.30), (OR = 2.82; 95% CI: 1.50-5.30), (OR = 2.86; 95% CI: 1.49-5.48), respectively.

conclusionOur study indicated a direct association between the intake of AAs groups, including BCAAs, AAAs, SAAs, and the odds of NAFLD. We suggest that other researchers examine the association between AAs groups and NAFLD in large cohort studies.

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Amino acidsBCAADietIranNAFLD

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