医学
乡村
人口
预测值
内科学
肝硬化
环境卫生
病理
农村地区
作者
Connor Griffin,Uchenna Agbim,Ananthakrishnan Ramani,Nagasri Shankar,Fasiha Kanwal,Sumeet K. Asrani
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.cgh.2021.10.036
摘要
The burden of cirrhosis may be increasing, especially among the elderly. A recent updated definition of cirrhosis has a >90% positive predictive value for identifying cirrhosis and cirrhosis-related complications.1 We hypothesized that cirrhosis-related mortality is underestimated, and that the elderly are disproportionally impacted. In this study, we aimed to examine trends in liver-related mortality using this updated definition among the elderly and to identify changes by relevant subsets of gender, race, and rurality.
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