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. 2012 Jul 27;4(7):224-30.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i7.224.

Lifestyle intervention in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chengyang District, Qingdao, China

Wei-Hui Sun  1 , Ming-Quan Song, Chang-Qing Jiang, Yong-Ning Xin, Jian-Lin Ma, Ying-Xun Liu, Lei Ma, Zhong-Hua Lin, Chang-Yan Li, Ling Liu, Mei Zhang, Lei-Lei Chu, Xiang-Jun Jiang, Qiang Wan, Lin Zhou, Rong Ren, Ling-Fang Meng
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Lifestyle intervention in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chengyang District, Qingdao, China

Wei-Hui Sun et al. World J Hepatol. .

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the effect of a 6 and 12 mo lifestyle modification intervention in nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD) in Chengyang District of Qingdao.

Methods: Participants with NAFLD who had resided in Chengyang District for more than 5 years were enrolled in this study. After the 6 and 12 mo lifestyle modification intervention based on physical activity, nutrition and behavior therapy, parameters such as body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase values, serum cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose, fasting insulin and visceral fat area (VFA), the liver-spleen ratio and the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) were evaluated and compared between participants with and without the intervention.

Results: Seven hundred and twenty-four participants were assigned to the lifestyle intervention group (LS) and 363 participants were assigned to the control group (CON). After the intervention, body weights in the LS group were significantly decreased compared to those in the CON group at 6 mo (11.59% ± 4.7% vs 0.4% ± 0.2%, P = 0.001) and at 12 mo (12.73% ± 5.6% vs 0.9% ± 0.3%, P = 0.001). Compared with the CON group, BMI was more decreased in the LS group after 6 and 12 mo (P = 0.043 and P = 0.032). Waist circumference was more reduced in the LS group than in CON (P = 0.031 and P = 0.017). After the 6 and 12 mo intervention, ALT decreased significantly in the LS group (P = 0.003 and P = 0.002). After 6 and 12 mo, the metabolic syndrome rate had decreased more in the LS group compared with the CON group (P = 0.026 and P = 0.017). After 12 mo, the HOMA-IR score decreased more obviously in the LS group (P = 0.041); this result also appeared in the VFA after 12 mo in the LS group (P = 0.035).

Conclusion: Lifestyle intervention was effective in improving NAFLD in both 6 and 12 mo interventions. This intervention offered a practical approach for treating a large number of NAFLD patients in the Chengyang District of Qingdao.

Keywords: Lifestyle intervention; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Obese.

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Figure 1
Recruitment process of the study. NAFLD: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. LS: Lifestyle intervention group; CON: Control group.
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