Associations Between Alcohol Use and Liver‐Related Outcomes in a Large National Cohort of Patients With Cirrhosis

Associations Between Alcohol Use and Liver‐Related Outcomes in a Large National Cohort of Patients With Cirrhosis

Alcohol use can cause hepatic necroinflammation and worsening portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis. We aimed to evaluate the associations between degree of alcohol use and clinical liver‐related outcomes according to etiology of cirrhosis. In this retrospective cohort analysis, 44,349 U.S....

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Main Authors: Meredith M. Pearson, Nicole J. Kim, Kristin Berry, Andrew M. Moon, Feng Su, Philip Vutien, Pamela K. Green, Emily C. Williams, George N. Ioannou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW 2021-12-01
Series:Hepatology Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1776

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