Vitamini B3, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti niacin, ndi vitamini yosungunuka m'madzi yomwe imagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana zofunika m'thupi, makamaka kudzera muzakudya. Zakudya zokhala ndi niacin ndi nyama, nkhuku, nsomba, mkaka, mtedza, mbewu zonse ndi nyemba.

Pa Okutobala 8, 2024, Ofufuza ochokera ku Wuxi Fifth Hospital yolumikizana ndi Jiangnan University adasindikiza nkhani munyuzipepala ya BMC Public Health yotchedwa "Association of niacin intake and metabolic dysfunction-associated. steatotic chiwindi matenda: zopeza kuchokera ku National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ".

Kafukufukuyu adawonetsa kuyanjana kwa mawonekedwe a U pakati pa kuchuluka kwa niacin ndi kuchuluka kwa MASLD, ndipo kuchuluka kwa MASLD kunachepa pang'onopang'ono ndikuwonjezeka kwa niacin, ndi kuchepa kwapang'onopang'ono kwa 23.6 mg patsiku.

Pakafukufukuyu, ochita kafukufukuwo adasanthula mgwirizano pakati pa kudya kwa niacin ndi kuchuluka kwa MASLD mwa anthu 2,946 ochokera ku gulu la National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), azaka zapakati pa 37, 48 peresenti ya amuna, ndi 1,385 ndi MASLD, omwe adasonkhanitsidwa kudzera pazokambirana zazakudya.
Mwa onse omwe adatenga nawo gawo, pafupifupi tsiku lililonse amamwa niacin anali 22.6 mg, pomwe omwe ali ndi MASLD anali ndi niacin yocheperako, pafupifupi 19.2 mg patsiku.
Pambuyo pokonza zinthu zosokoneza, kuwunikaku kunapeza mgwirizano wofanana ndi U pakati pa kumwa kwa niacin ndi chiopsezo cha MASLD, ndi kufalikira kwa MASLD pang'onopang'ono kutsika pamene niacin imakula mpaka kufika pamtunda wa 23.6, pambuyo pake kufalikira kwa MASLD kunakula pang'onopang'ono.
Izi zikusonyeza kuti kuchulukitsa kwa niacin kungachepetse kufalikira kwa MASLD, komwe kumakhala kotsika kwambiri pa 23.6 mg patsiku.