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Leitão, J., Carvalhana, S., Silva, A. P., Velasco, F., Medeiros, I., Alves, A., … Cortez‐Pinto, H. (2018). No Evidence for Lower Levels of Serum Vitamin D in the Presence of Hepatic Steatosis. A Study on the Portuguese General Population. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 15(14), 1778–1786. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.26586
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Leitão, J., S. Carvalhana, A. P. Silva, Francisco Velasco, Isabel Medeiros, A. Alves, M. Bourbon, B. Oliveiros, Armando Carvalho, and H. Cortez‐Pinto. “No Evidence for Lower Levels of Serum Vitamin D in the Presence of Hepatic Steatosis. A Study on the Portuguese General Population.” International journal of medical sciences 15, no. 14 (2018): 1778–1786.
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Leitão, J., et al. “No Evidence for Lower Levels of Serum Vitamin D in the Presence of Hepatic Steatosis. A Study on the Portuguese General Population.” International Journal of Medical Sciences, vol. 15, no. 14, 2018, pp. 1778–86, doi:10.7150/ijms.26586.
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@article{j2018a,
title = {No Evidence for Lower Levels of Serum Vitamin D in the Presence of Hepatic Steatosis. A Study on the Portuguese General Population},
year = {2018},
issue = {14},
journal = {International journal of medical sciences},
pages = {1778-1786},
volume = {15},
doi = {10.7150/ijms.26586},
author = {Leitão, J. and Carvalhana, S. and Silva, A. P. and Velasco, Francisco and Medeiros, Isabel and Alves, A. and Bourbon, M. and Oliveiros, B. and Carvalho, Armando and Cortez‐Pinto, H.}
}
Introduction and aims: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become highly prevalent, paralleling the pandemic of obesity and diabetes, and represents an important burden. Nutrition knowledge is fundamental, in prevention, evolution and treatment of NAFLD. Association of low serum levels of vitamin D (VD) with several diseases, including NAFLD, has been emphasized in the last decade. We evaluated how serum levels of VD correlate with the presence of hepatic steatosis, and VD intake, in a random sample of the Portuguese adult population. Methods: Participants underwent a dietary intake inquiry, using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire representative of the usual intake over the previous year. Anthropometric measures, blood tests and ultrasound were done. Hepatic steatosis was quantified according to Hamaguchi's ultrasonographic score (steatosis defined by a score ≥ 2). Results: We recruited 789 adult individuals, 416 males (52.7%), mean age of 49.9 ± 17.0 years (18-79). Prevalence of hepatic steatosis was 35.5%, and after exclusion of excessive alcohol consumption, 28.0%. Mean VD serum levels were 26.0 ± 9.8 ng/ml and 68.4% participants had serum VD levels below 30 ng/ml. Mean serum levels of VD were not significantly different between participants with steatosis vs. no steatosis: 25.2±8.7 vs. 26.4±10.3 ng/ml, respectively (p=0.071). There was no correlation between VD serum levels and VD intake, measured by the FFQ, r=0.075 (p= 0.383). Conclusions: In spite of a high prevalence rate, there was no evidence that decreased VD serum levels were associated with hepatic steatosis. No significant correlation was found between VD dietary ingestion and VD serum levels.
