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Effects of Age, Sex, Body Weight, and Quantity of Alcohol Consumption on Occurrence and Severity of Alcoholic Hepatitis.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 1 Dec 2016
Liangpunsakul Suthat, Puri Puneet, Shah Vijay H, Kamath Patrick, Sanyal Arun, Urban Thomas, Ren Xiaowei, Katz Barry, Radaeva Svetlana, Chalasani Naga, Crabb David W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Only a minority of heavy drinking individuals develop alcoholic hepatitis (AH), for unclear reasons. We analyzed data from the Translational Research and Evolving Alcoholic Hepatitis Treatment cohort, consisting of subjects who drink heavily with normal results from liver tests (controls) and patients with AH. We examined risk factors for the development of AH including body mass index (BMI),...
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