Coffee consumption and NAFLD: a community based study on 1223 subjects

• Main Authors: Graeter, Tilmann, Niedermayer, Pia C., Mason, Richard A., Oeztuerk, Suemeyra, Haenle, Mark M., Koenig, Wolfgang, Boehm, Bernhard Otto, Kratzer, Wolfgang
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Caffeine; Hepatic steatosis; Fatty liver; Alanine aminotransferase; Population-based cross-sectional study
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80999; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39037
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Objective of the present cross-sectional study was to investigate the impact of caffeine consumption on fatty liver and serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) concentrations in a random population sample. Methods: All subjects (n = 1452; 789 women, 663 men; average age 42.3 ± 12.8 yea...