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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet to prevent or delay hepatic steatosis: a longitudinal analysis within the PREDIMED study.

Raquel Cueto-Galán, Andres Fontalba-Navas, Mario Gutiérrez-Bedmar, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Miguel A Martínez-González, Lilian Alves, Nancy Babio, Montserrat Fitó, Emilio Ros, Miquel Fiol and 7 more

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Raquel Cueto-GalánDepartment of Public Health and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Andres Fontalba-NavasDepartment of Public Health and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Mario Gutiérrez-BedmarDepartment of Public Health and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Miguel Ruiz-CanelaDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Miguel A Martínez-GonzálezDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Lilian AlvesGastroenterology Department, Hospital Salut Sant Joan, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Food, Nutrition, Development, and Mental Health Group, Reus, Spain.
Nancy BabioCIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Montserrat FitóCIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Emilio RosCIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Miquel FiolCIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Ramón EstruchCIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Fernando ArósCIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Luis Serra-MajemCIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Xavier PintóCIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
Carlos Muñoz-BravoDepartment of Public Health and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Antonio García-RodríguezDepartment of Public Health and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Enrique Gómez-GraciaDepartment of Public Health and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.

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Abstract

Background: Little is known about the potential preventive effect of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) on the development of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Aim: This study aims to determine the impact of adherence to the MedDiet on the progression of MASLD, measured using the hepatic steatosis index (HSI) at baseline and annually over a 5-year follow-up period within the framework of the Method: Participants from the PREDIMED trial with sufficient available data ( Results: The participants (57% female, 43% male) had a mean age of 67.2 (SD 6.2) years. Among the cardiovascular risk factors considered, the mean BMI was 29.81 (SD 3.62); 47% of participants had type 2 diabetes, 70% had hypercholesterolaemia, and 84% had hypertension. Over the 5-year follow-up, average adherence to the MedDiet and physical activity generally increased, while alcohol consumption, calorie intake, tobacco use, hypercholesterolaemia, and hypertension decreased. The fully adjusted multivariate model reflected a statistically significant decrease in the HSI per unit increase in adherence to the MedDiet (β = -0.075; 95% CI: -0.128, -0.021). Conclusion: In individuals at high cardiovascular risk, adherence to the MedDiet is significantly associated with improvements in HSI. These longitudinal findings highlight the important role of the MedDiet in delaying or slowing the natural progression of MASLD, contributing to both its prevention and clinical management.

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dietary adherencehepatic steatosis indexMediterranean dietmetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseasePREDIMEDrandomized controlled trial

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