The association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and hepatic steatosis: cross-sectional analysis of two independent studies, the UK Fenland Study and the Swiss CoLaus Study

Abstract Background and aims The risk of hepatic steatosis may be reduced through changes to dietary intakes, but evidence is sparse, especially for dietary patterns including the Mediterranean diet. We investigated the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and prevalence of hepati...

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Main Authors: Saman Khalatbari-Soltani, Fumiaki Imamura, Soren Brage, Emanuella De Lucia Rolfe, Simon J Griffin, Nicholas J Wareham, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Nita G Forouhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-019-1251-7