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Trial reportNutrients2022

Effect of a Six-Month Lifestyle Intervention on the Physical Activity and Fitness Status of Adults with NAFLD and Metabolic Syndrome.

Catalina M Mascaró, Cristina Bouzas, Sofia Montemayor, Miguel Casares, Isabel Llompart, Lucía Ugarriza, Pere-Antoni Borràs, J Alfredo Martínez, Josep A Tur

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Nutritional and Fasting Strategies for the Management of MASLD/MASH: An Integrative Review.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025
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  20. Physical Activity Time, Alcohol Consumption, Mediterranean Diet, and Anxiety in Education Science Students.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Catalina M MascaróResearch Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of the Balearic Islands-IUNICS, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Cristina BouzasResearch Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of the Balearic Islands-IUNICS, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1407-8461
Sofia MontemayorResearch Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of the Balearic Islands-IUNICS, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Miguel CasaresRadiodiagnosis Service, Red Asistencial Juaneda, 07011 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Isabel LlompartResearch Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of the Balearic Islands-IUNICS, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Lucía UgarrizaResearch Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of the Balearic Islands-IUNICS, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Pere-Antoni BorràsArea of Physical Education and Sports, Department of Pedagogy and Specific Didactics, University of the Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6793-7592
J Alfredo MartínezCardiometabolics Precision Nutrition Program, IMDEA Food, CEI UAM-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Josep A TurResearch Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of the Balearic Islands-IUNICS, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6940-0761
Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands · ESInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESMadrid Institute for Advanced Studies · ESUniversitat de les Illes Balears · ES

Funding

European Regional Development Fund N/AFundació La Marató TV3 201630.10IDISBA FOLIUM, PRIMUS, SYNERGIA, and LIBERIInstituto de Salud Carlos III CIBEROBN CB12/03/30038, and Proyecto Intramural CIBER OBN18PI03Spanish Ministry of Education FPU PhD Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Physical inactivity has been linked to NAFLD, and exercise has been reported as useful to reduce intrahepatic fat content in NAFLD. (2) Objectives: To assess the physical activity (PA) and fitness status after a six-month lifestyle intervention (diet and PA) in adults with NAFLD and metabolic syndrome (MetS). (3) Design: Prospective cohort analysis of data obtained between baseline and six-year parallel-group randomized trial (n = 155, aged 40-60 years old, with MetS and NAFLD). Participants were randomized into three nutritional and PA intervention groups: Conventional diet (CD); MedDiet-high meal frequency (MD-HMF); MedDiet-physical activity (MD-PA). (4) Methods: PA and fitness status were assessed using a validated Minnesota questionnaire, ALPHA-FIT test battery, accelerometers, and functional fitness score. Information related to age, gender, education level, marital status, socioeconomic status, smoking habit, and alcohol consumption were also obtained. (5) Results: The CD group had higher improvement in standing handgrip than the MD-HMF group. The MD-PA group did more modified push-up repetitions than the CD group. The MD-PA and CD groups showed higher sitting handgrip than the MD-HMF group. The MD-HMF group showed the highest decrease in aerobic capacity. The MD-PA group showed lower light intensity PA/day than the CD and MD-HMF groups. The MD-PA group showed higher moderate intensity PA than the CD and MD-HMF groups. The CD group reported more METs per day than the MD-HMF group. (6) Conclusions: Lifestyle six-month intervention with diet and regular PA improved functional fitness in middle-aged patients with NAFLD and MetS. Aerobic capacity improved in patients who followed a Mediterranean diet and regular training sessions at six months.

Indexed as

Metabolic SyndromeNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseAdultExerciseHand StrengthHumansLife StyleMiddle AgedPhysical FitnessProspective StudiesfitnessMediterranean dietmetabolic syndromenon-alcoholic fatty liver diseasephysical activity

Identifiers

PMID35565780
PMCPMC9105030
OpenAlexW4224865977

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