Article published on 02/03/2024 06:01:00 Last modified on 02/03/2024 11:03:29
Follow-up survey of 6,592 men and women over age 40
“Prevention of liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease”
“21% lower risk of developing severe liver fibrosis”
[서울=뉴시스]One study showed that patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, in which fat builds up in the liver even without drinking alcohol, can significantly reduce their risk of developing fibrosis, a hardening of the liver, if they drink coffee. The liver-protective effect was especially evident in people who drank 2 to 3 cups of coffee per day. (Photo = Provided by Clip Art Korea) 2024.02.03 photo@newsis.com. [서울=뉴시스] Reporter Baek Young-mi = Research has shown that patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, who accumulate fat in the liver even without drinking alcohol, can significantly reduce their risk of developing fibrosis, which hardens the liver, if they like to drink coffee. The liver-protective effect was especially evident in people who drank 2 to 3 cups of coffee per day.
According to the Korea Food Communication Forum on the 3rd, Professor Joo-yong Park’s team (preventive medicine) from the Department of Big Data Medical Convergence of Eulji University surveyed 6,592 men and women aged 40 to 69 (non-alcoholics ) who participated in the Korean Epidemiological Genome Study (KoGES) of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency from 2001 to 2018. This was discovered as a result of analyzing the correlation between coffee and liver health in 5,266 people without fatty liver disease and 1,326 people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. fatty liver disease but without liver fibrosis.
Of the 5,266 people who did not have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease at the start of the study, 43.6% (2,298 people) were diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. No significant relationship was found between the amount of coffee consumed and the incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Of the 1,326 people who had nonalcoholic fatty liver disease at the start of the study, 15.6 percent (207 people) had severe liver fibrosis. However, people who drank coffee had a 21 percent lower risk of developing severe liver fibrosis.
Professor Park’s team said: “The conclusion of the study is that coffee consumption has the effect of suppressing or improving the onset of severe liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.”
Specifically, patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease who drank two or more cups of coffee each day had a low risk of developing liver fibrosis. If a patient with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease drank more than two cups of coffee a day, the risk of liver fibrosis decreased by 43%, while if he or she drank more than two or fewer than three cups of coffee, the risk of liver fibrosis decreased by 49%. Professor Park’s team analyzed that “this indicates the potential protective effect of coffee on the liver, in particular its effect in preventing the progression of liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.”
The results of this study were published in the latest issue of the international academic journal “Nutrients”.
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