Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the longitudinal association between sweet potato intake and risk of NAFLD in the general adult population. In total, the number of 15,787 participants (males, 42.4%) was included in this prospective cohort study. Sweet potato intake was assessed by using a validated food frequency questionnaire. NAFLD was diagnosed by transabdominal sonography during an annual health examination. Cox proportional hazards regression models were fitted to assess the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) across categories of energy-adjusted sweet potato intake. Compared to participants with the lowest tertile of sweet potato intake, the finally adjusted HRs (95% CIs) of incident NAFLD for those with the highest tertile were 0.87 (0.78, 0.97) in males (p for trend = 0.009); and 1.05 (0.92, 1.21) in females (p for trend = 0.52). Our study revealed that sweet potato intake was inversely associated with the risk of NAFLD in males.
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