Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Sep;20(9):2142-2144.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.03.017. Epub 2022 Mar 19.
Alcohol consumption has risen substantially in the United States in the past 2 decades. Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a greater inpatient financial burden than all other etiologies of cirrhosis combined and is now the leading indication for liver transplantation. A recent study reported that ALD mortality increased between 2006 and 2017. Since 2017, alcohol consumption has continued to rise, and more significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this research letter is to provide the most updated trends in ALD-related mortality in the United States and to quantify the rate of change of ALD-related mortality over time.
在过去的 20 年里,美国的酒精消费大幅上升。与酒精相关的肝脏疾病(ALD)比所有其他肝硬化病因的住院费用总和还要高,现在是肝移植的主要指征。最近的一项研究报告称,ALD 的死亡率在 2006 年至 2017 年间有所上升。自 2017 年以来,酒精消费持续上升,尤其是在 COVID-19 大流行期间。本研究快报的目的是提供美国与 ALD 相关的死亡率的最新趋势,并量化随着时间的推移,与 ALD 相关的死亡率的变化率。