Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Increased From 2017 to 2020 and Accelerated During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alcohol consumption has risen substantially in the United States in the past 2 decades.1,2 Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a greater inpatient financial burden than all other etiologies of cirrhosis combined3 and is now the leading indication for liver transplantation.4 A recent st...

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Published inClinical gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 20; no. 9; pp. 2142 - 2144.e2
Main Authors Deutsch-Link, Sasha, Jiang, Yue, Peery, Anne F., Barritt, Alfred S., Bataller, Ramon, Moon, Andrew M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2022
by the AGA Institute
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Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Summary:Alcohol consumption has risen substantially in the United States in the past 2 decades.1,2 Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) represents a greater inpatient financial burden than all other etiologies of cirrhosis combined3 and is now the leading indication for liver transplantation.4 A recent study reported that ALD mortality increased between 2006 and 2017.5 Since 2017, alcohol consumption has continued to rise, and more significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.2 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.
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ISSN:1542-3565
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DOI:10.1016/j.cgh.2022.03.017