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The Impact of the Alternate Mediterranean Diet (aMED) on the Prevention of Chronic Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.

Linjie Zhang, Jing Sui, Hanlin Yin, Qun Zhao, Yajie Zhou, Hui Xia

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Linjie ZhangResearch Institute for Environment and Health, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China.ORCID 0009-0008-2929-7385
Jing SuiResearch Institute for Environment and Health, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8223-9872
Hanlin YinResearch Institute for Environment and Health, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China.ORCID 0009-0002-0154-7596
Qun ZhaoResearch Institute for Environment and Health, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China.
Yajie ZhouJiangsu Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing Zhongke Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Zhongke Health Industry Group Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211189, China.ORCID 0009-0001-5450-3354
Hui XiaKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4851-3732

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The China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project NO. 2022M720714The National Key R&D Program of China NO. 2023YFF1104402
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Abstract

Conventional research mainly focuses on individual nutrients or specific foods in relation to chronic liver disease, but the cumulative effects of dietary patterns are underexplored. This study aimed to assess current evidence on the alternate Mediterranean Diet (aMED) and chronic liver disease risk via a meta-analysis of observational studies. A systematic search of PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane, and Embase (up to February 2025) identified studies on aMED and chronic liver disease, using predefined criteria for screening, quality assessment, and data extraction. A total of 20 articles (3 cross-sectional, 15 cohort, and 2 case-control; 1,286,480 participants) were analyzed using a random-effects model. The analysis showed that aMED was significantly negatively correlated with chronic liver disease (OR = 0.65, 95% CI: 0.56-0.75), indicating that adherence reduces risk. Subgroup analysis showed aMED's protective effects in North America (OR = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.54-0.83) and Europe (OR = 0.54, 95% CI: 0.44-0.66). The results suggest aMED adherence may lower chronic liver disease risk, emphasizing dietary modifications for prevention.

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Diet, MediterraneanLiver DiseasesChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObservational Studies as TopicRisk Factorsalternate Mediterranean dietchronic liver diseasedietary modificationsdietary patternsmeta-analysis

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