Alcohol consumption and the risk of liver disease: a nationwide, population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although most patients with alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) have a history of prolonged and heavy drinking, there is no clear threshold defining the level of alcohol consumption that leads to ALD. We aimed to evaluate the correlation between average alcohol consumption and the risk of liver disease and to determine the threshold for clinically significant alcohol consumption.

Materials and methods

Using the Korean National Health Insurance database, we identified participants who underwent a health-screening program in 2010 and 2011 and retrospectively analyzed their data until 2019. To diagnose and categorize the extracted participants, we used the International Classification of Diseases version 10 and Fatty Liver Index. The primary outcome was to determin

SUBMITTER: Moon SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10713769 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature