Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) includes simple hepatic steatosis (SS) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). NAFLD is tightly linked to obesity and is thought to be secondary to various noxious signals, some of which may originate from the intestinal microbiota (IM). Despite a growing body of evidence supporting a link between obesity and altered IM, there are no studies assessing the IM of patients with NAFLD. In this cross-sectional study we aimed at comparing fecal levels of total bacteria, Bacteroidetes, C. coccoides, C. leptum, Bifidobacteria, E. coli, and Archaea between healthy controls (HC) and patients with SS or NASH. We found higher C. coccoides levels in NASH compared to SS and lower percentage Bacteroidetes in NASH compared to SS and HC. Controlling for body mass index and fat intake we found an association between presence of NASH and percentage Bacteroidetes. The latter inversely correlated with insulin resistance.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/33467 |
| Date | 26 November 2012 |
| Creators | Mouzaki, Marialena |
| Contributors | Allard, Johane |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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