title: [Relationship between dietary glycemic index and glycemic load and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in elderly].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate if there is an association between glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) of the diet and the presence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the elderly.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study, composed of 229 patients seen at the Outpatient Clinic of Arterial Hyperten- sion in a public hospital, 103 carriers and 126 noncarriers of NAFLD. Food intake was analyzed to GI and GL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found a high prevalence of inadequate dietary GI, with an average of 62.0 +/- 6.3 among patients with NAFLD and 62.5 +/- 6.5 among patients without NAFLD. The same occurred with the GL, 101.7 +/- 33.3 and 101.4 +/- 40.2, respectively, between carriers and noncarriers of the disease. There was no statistical difference between the values of GI and GL found in the diet of patients with and without NAFLD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the evaluated group there was no association between GI and GL dietetic with NAFLD, but the findings put all of the patients at higher risk for the development of chronic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Larissa Angelo
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Helena Alves de
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Carvalho Sampaio
authors.forename: Antônio Augusto
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ferreira Carioca
authors.forename: Clarissa Lima de
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Melo Portela
authors.forename: Maria Olganê
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Dantas Sabry
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchôa Passos
authors.forename: Maria Luísa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pereira de Melo
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barbosa Pereira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D004435:Eating; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D038321:Glycemic Index; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose