Association between dietary sodium intake and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the US population

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 993 - 1000
• Main Authors: Zhou, Long, Yang, Yuxuan, Feng, Yang, Zhao, Xiaodan, Fan, Yameng, Rong, Jie, Zhao, Liancheng, Yu, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Alcohol; Cholesterol; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Dietary intake; Ethnicity; Fatty liver; Female; Hepatitis; Hispanic Americans; Humans; hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Interviews; Laboratories; Liver; Liver diseases; Male; Men; Metabolism; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - epidemiology; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - etiology; nutrition; Nutritional Epidemiology; Nutritional Status; Population; Poverty; public health; Regression analysis; Regression models; Research Paper; Sodium; Sodium, Dietary; Steatosis; Variables; Weight control; Womens health; United States > US; Cross-sectional study; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Na intake; Salt intake

To explore the association between dietary Na intake and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a nationally representative sample of the US population. In this cross-sectional study, the associations between Na intake and NAFLD, defined by the hepatic steatosis index (HSI) and the fatty liver...