Liver-related mortality is similar among men and women with cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Sex-based differences are known to significantly contribute to outcomes in patients with chronic liver diseases; however, the role of patient sex in cirrhosis is unclear. We aimed to study the relationship between patient sex and cirrhosis.

Methods

We analyzed a cohort of 20,045 patients with cirrhosis using a Chicago-wide electronic health record database that was linked with the United Network for Organ Sharing and cause of death data from the state death registry. Adjusted Cox survival analyses and competing risk analyses were performed to obtain subdistribution hazard ratios (HRs) for liver-related cause of death.

Results

Female and male patients had similar age, racial distribution, insurance status, and comorbidity status by Elixhauser score. F

SUBMITTER: Mazumder NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7572539 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature