Racial and Health Disparities among Cirrhosis-related Hospitalizations in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is the most common cause of advanced liver disease worldwide, including in the USA. Alcohol use and cirrhosis mortality is higher in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) compared to Whites. Data are scanty on ALD as a liver disease etiology in AI/AN compared to other races and ethnicities.

Methods

The National Inpatient Sample on 199,748 cirrhosis-related hospitalizations, 14,241 (2,893 AI/AN, 2,893 Whites, 2,882 Blacks, 2,879 Hispanics, and 2,694 Asians or other races) matched 1:1 for race/ethnicity on demographics, insurance, and income quartile of the residence zip code analyzed.

Results

After controlling for geographic location and hospital type, odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for ALD as

SUBMITTER: Singal AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240250 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature