Nut intake and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease risk

Abstract
Objectives: Nut consumption has been associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance. However, its effect on the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is unknown. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between nut consumption and NAFLD risk.
Setting and participants: We conducted a retrospective case-control study including 534 patients diagnosed with NAFLD and 534 controls matched by sex and age (± 5) from the Affiliated Nanping First Hospital of Fujian Medical University in China.
Main outcome measures: Information on dietary intake was collected using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires and nut consumption was calculated. Nut consumption was categorized using quartiles based on the distribution of daily nut intake of the controls. Binary logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratio (ORs) and the 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between nut consumption and NAFLD ris...