Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Subst Use Misuse. 2011;46(14):1755-62. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2011.620053. Epub 2011 Oct 14.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Alcohol consumption continues to be a common cause of acute and chronic liver disease.
Data from a representative sample of 7,893 adults in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009 were analyzed. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) was defined through heavy alcohol consumption (≥40 g/day for men or ≥20 g/day for women) and through elevated liver tests.
Approximately 6.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.0-7.4) was at heavy alcohol consumption. Of these "heavy alcohol consumers", one quarter also had ALD. The prevalence of ALD was 1.7% (95% CI, 1.3-2.1).
ALD is still a burden in the Korean population.
背景/目的：饮酒仍是导致急性和慢性肝病的常见原因。
对韩国 2009 年全国健康和营养调查的一个有代表性的 7893 名成年人样本的数据进行了分析。通过大量饮酒（男性每天≥40 克，女性每天≥20 克）和肝酶升高来定义酒精性肝病（ALD）。
约有 6.7%（95%置信区间 [CI]，6.0-7.4）的人大量饮酒。在这些“大量饮酒者”中，有四分之一的人也患有 ALD。ALD 的患病率为 1.7%（95%CI，1.3-2.1）。
ALD 仍然是韩国人群的一个负担。
