Racial and ethnic disparities in alcohol-associated liver disease in the United States: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD), encompassing alcohol-associated hepatitis and alcohol-associated cirrhosis, is rising in the United States. Racial and ethnic disparities are evident within ALD; however, the precise nature of these disparities is poorly defined.

Methods

We conducted a search of the PubMed/MEDLINE and EMBASE databases to identify studies published from inception through September 2023 that reported ALD incidence, prevalence, and mortality within the United States, stratified by race and ethnicity. We calculated pooled prevalence and incidence by race and ethnicity, including risk ratios and ORs for ALD pooled prevalence and alcohol-associated hepatitis/alcohol-associated cirrhosis pooled proportions, and OR for ALD mortality using the DerSim

SUBMITTER: Anouti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10948135 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature