Associations of healthy eating index 2020 and its components with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in type 2 diabetes patients and the mediating roles of metabolic indicators: NHANES 2007–2018
Greater adherence to the HEI-2020 is associated with a lower likelihood of NAFLD in T2DM patients, with metabolic indicators partially mediating this association. Enhancing diet quality, particularly by increasing the consumption of whole fruits and greens while reducing saturated fat intake, may be important in managing metabolic health and liver function in this vulnerable population.
Authors
- Yuling Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9071-3148)
- Jingxiong Chen
- Jizhong Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1606-4776)
- Kaiguang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9462-6335)
- Tengyue Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-7345)
- Kai Qian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2112-1819)
- Ben Hu
- Haizhou Diao
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Bengbu Medical College (CN)
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1564197
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71