title: Nutrition in cryptogenic cirrhosis and chronic aggressive hepatitis.
abstract: The nutritional status of 80 patients with non-alcoholic chronic liver disease was assessed by determination of various nutritional parameters in body fluids. With the exception of vitamin C there was a higher incidence (40%) of fat soluble vitamin deficiency (vitamins A, E, and carotene) than of the water soluble vitamins. Less than 10% of patients showed evidence of vitamin B12, nicotinic acid, thiamin, or riboflavin deficiency, and 17% had evidence of folic acid deficiency. The presence of deficiency was not related to age of the patient or fat absorption, and an inadequate dietary intake was not a major cause of deficiency. The incidence of nutritional deficiency is less frequent in non-alcoholic as compared with alcoholic liver disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001206:Ascorbic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000172:deficiency; D004435:Eating; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000652:urine; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000097:blood; D014174:Transketolase / Q000097:blood; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000097:blood; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D009536:Niacinamide; D002338:Carotenoids; D007501:Iron; D014174:Transketolase; D014805:Vitamin B 12; D012256:Riboflavin