Breakfast Dietary Patterns and Their Associations with Metabolic Indicators and NAFLD Severity: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Iranian Adults.
4 affiliations
- 1Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
- 2Nutrition Research Center, Department of Community Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
- 3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
- 4Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
Abstract
Introduction
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. This study investigated the relationship between breakfast dietary patterns and some metabolic risk factors, obesity, and disease severity in patients with NAFLD.Methods
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 280 adults with NAFLD. Factor analysis was used to identify the breakfast dietary patterns. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 19 software using Linear and Ordinal regression models.Results
Two "healthy" and "unhealthy" breakfast dietary patterns were identified. Significant inverse relationships were seen between the consumption of the healthy breakfast pattern and total cholesterol (TC) and body mass index (BMI) in the adjusted model. There were significant direct relationships between the consumption of the unhealthy breakfast dietary pattern and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), BMI, and waist circumference (WC) after adjustment for confounders. Participants in the third tertile of the unhealthy breakfast pattern had significantly higher TC, triglycerides (TG), fasting blood sugar (FBS), ALT, AST levels, and BMI compared to the lowest tertile following confounder adjustment. Moreover, healthy breakfast pattern consumption was associated with lower NAFLD severity (Adjusted OR: 0.998 (95%CI: 0.997-0.999), P=0.029), and unhealthy breakfast pattern consumption was associated with increased severity of NAFLD (Adjusted OR: 1.005 (95%CI: 1.002-1.007), P<0.001).Conclusion
The results suggest that following a healthy breakfast pattern was associated with a better lipid profile and reduced total body adiposity and disease severity, while adherence to an unhealthy breakfast pattern was positively associated with NAFLD risk factors. A healthy breakfast pattern could be considered in the management of NAFLD. Longitudinal or interventional studies are required to establish causality.
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BibTeX
@article{kianmehr2026breakfast,
title = {{Breakfast Dietary Patterns and Their Associations with Metabolic Indicators and NAFLD Severity: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Iranian Adults.}},
author = {Mehrdad Kianmehr and Maryam Rafraf and Alireza Hosseini and Mojtaba Kianmehr and Roghayeh Molani-Gol},
journal = {Health promotion perspectives},
year = {2026},
month = aug,
doi = {10.34172/hpp.45534},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42968729},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Breakfast Dietary Patterns and Their Associations with Metabolic Indicators and NAFLD Severity: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Iranian Adults.
AU - Mehrdad Kianmehr
AU - Maryam Rafraf
AU - Alireza Hosseini
AU - Mojtaba Kianmehr
AU - Roghayeh Molani-Gol
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/08/21
JO - Health promotion perspectives
DO - 10.34172/hpp.45534
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42968729
AB - Introduction Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. This study investigated the relationship between breakfast dietary patterns and some metabolic risk factors, obesity, and disease severity in patients with NAFLD.Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 280 adults with NAFLD. Factor analysis was used to identify the breakfast dietary patterns. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 19 software using Linear and Ordinal regression models.Results Two "healthy" and "unhealthy" breakfast dietary patterns were identified. Significant inverse relationships were seen between the consumption of the healthy breakfast pattern and total cholesterol (TC) and body mass index (BMI) in the adjusted model. There were significant direct relationships between the consumption of the unhealthy breakfast dietary pattern and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), BMI, and waist circumference (WC) after adjustment for confounders. Participants in the third tertile of the unhealthy breakfast pattern had significantly higher TC, triglycerides (TG), fasting blood sugar (FBS), ALT, AST levels, and BMI compared to the lowest tertile following confounder adjustment. Moreover, healthy breakfast pattern consumption was associated with lower NAFLD severity (Adjusted OR: 0.998 (95%CI: 0.997-0.999), P=0.029), and unhealthy breakfast pattern consumption was associated with increased severity of NAFLD (Adjusted OR: 1.005 (95%CI: 1.002-1.007), P<0.001).Conclusion The results suggest that following a healthy breakfast pattern was associated with a better lipid profile and reduced total body adiposity and disease severity, while adherence to an unhealthy breakfast pattern was positively associated with NAFLD risk factors. A healthy breakfast pattern could be considered in the management of NAFLD. Longitudinal or interventional studies are required to establish causality.
SN - 2228-6497
ER -