TY - JOUR
T1 - Current status of alcoholic liver diseases in Japan
AU - Horie, Yoshinori
AU - Ebinuma, Hirotoshi
AU - Kikuchi, Masahiro
AU - Nakamoto, Nobuhiro
AU - Kanai, Takanori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Japan Society of Hepatology.
PY - 2015/7/29
Y1 - 2015/7/29
N2 - A nationwide survey of liver cirrhosis (LC) was un- dertaken by asking major hospitals in Japan to provide information on the number of patients with LC admit- ted in 2012 along with information related to etiology including alcohol history. Etiological agents were as fol- lows: hepatitis B virus (10.5％), hepatitis C virus (47.1％), and alcohol (24.6％). Of LC cases, 30.6％ were alcohol- related (ethanol intake >60 g day). Among alcoholic LC (Al-LC) patients, mean age was older in the present study in 2012 compared with the data for 2007-2008. Our survey revealed that the prevalence of Al-LC has been rapidly increasing in Japan. Moreover, age was identified as risk factors for development of Al-LC.
AB - A nationwide survey of liver cirrhosis (LC) was un- dertaken by asking major hospitals in Japan to provide information on the number of patients with LC admit- ted in 2012 along with information related to etiology including alcohol history. Etiological agents were as fol- lows: hepatitis B virus (10.5％), hepatitis C virus (47.1％), and alcohol (24.6％). Of LC cases, 30.6％ were alcohol- related (ethanol intake >60 g day). Among alcoholic LC (Al-LC) patients, mean age was older in the present study in 2012 compared with the data for 2007-2008. Our survey revealed that the prevalence of Al-LC has been rapidly increasing in Japan. Moreover, age was identified as risk factors for development of Al-LC.
KW - Age
KW - Alcoholic liver cirrhosis
KW - HCV
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U2 - 10.2957/kanzo.56.366
DO - 10.2957/kanzo.56.366
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938056603
SN - 0451-4203
VL - 56
SP - 366
EP - 368
JO - Acta Hepatologica Japonica
JF - Acta Hepatologica Japonica
IS - 7
ER -
