青少年における非アルコール性脂肪肝疾患に対する低自由糖食事と通常の食事の効果:ランダム化臨床試験
Jeffrey B Schwimmer1,2, Patricia Ugalde-Nicalo1, Jean A Welsh3,4,5
1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
JAMA
|January 23, 2019
まとめ
青少年の非アルコール性脂肪肝 (NAFLD) の症状を大幅に改善しました. 8週間の低糖食は肝臓ステアトーシスとアラニンアミノトランスフェラーゼのレベルを低下させ,小児のNAFLD管理に有望な結果を示した.
科学分野:
- 小児胃腸内科
- ヘパトロジー
- 栄養学
背景:
- 小児のガイドラインでは,非アルコール性脂肪肝 (NAFLD) の食事の変化を推奨しています.
- 自由糖の摂取を減らすことは,子供に対するNAFLDの治療法として提案されているが,実証されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- NAFLDを患う青少年の自由糖の少ない食事の影響を評価する.
- 8週間の介入後,肝硬変と肝臓酵素の変化を評価する.
主な方法:
- NAFLDと診断された少年 (11-16歳) を対象とした8週間のランダム化臨床試験.
- 介入群は,自由糖を1日カロリー<3%に制限した食事を与えられ,対照群は通常の食事を維持した.
- 陽子密度脂肪分数による肝硬変; アラニンアミノトランスフェラーゼ濃度もモニターした.
主要な成果:
- 低糖ダイエットグループは,通常のダイエットグループと比較して肝硬変の有意な減少を示した (平均差 - 6. 23%).
- アラニンアミノトランスフェラーゼ濃度も介入群で有意に低下した (比率は0. 65).
- 高いダイエット習慣が観察され,有害事象は報告されなかった.
結論:
- 自由糖が少ない8週間のダイエットはNAFLDの青少年における肝硬変を有意に改善しました.
- この食事介入は,小児性NAFLDの管理の可能性を示しています.
- 長期的な臨床結果を確認するには,さらなる研究が必要である.
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