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The Triumph of Bacchus: The Emergence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Alcoholic Liver Disease as the Leading Causes of Mortality from Cirrhosis
Cotter TG1, Charlton M1. Hepatology. 2018 Dec 20. doi: 10.1002/hep.30408. [Epub ahead of print]
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Center for Liver Diseases, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Abstract
Chronic liver disease (CLD) continues to be one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the United States (US), accounting for 40,326 deaths per year, 1.5% of total deaths.(1) From 2000 to 2015, death rates for CLD and cirrhosis increased 31%.(1) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the most common indication for liver transplantation for many years, has been surpassed by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcoholic liver disease (ALD).(2) While it is logical to expect that a similar temporal trend has occurred in cirrhosis-related mortality, this had not yet been established.