Krishna C Sajja1, Desh P Mohan, Don C Rockey. 1. From the *Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, TX; and †Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cirrhosis is diagnosed in patients of all ages and is the end result of many different diseases. The aim of this study was to characterize clinical and ethnic features of adult patients who were admitted to the hospital at different (young/old) ages and examine associations between age and ethnicity within these groups. METHODS: In this retrospective analysis of a diverse cohort of 2017 patients with a clinical diagnosis of cirrhosis between January 2001 and December 2011, we focused on age, ethnicity, and outcome of patients with cirrhosis. RESULTS: We identified 219 patients younger than the age of 40 years, including 87 (11%) of 802 white, 31 (6%) of 550 African American, and 89 (16%) of 550 Hispanic patients (P < 0.001). Ethnicity and causes of cirrhosis were found to have a significant correlation with age. Overall, Hispanic and white patients together were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with cirrhosis at an age younger than 40 years compared with African American patients (P < 0.001). Autoimmune hepatitis caused cirrhosis at a younger age regardless of ethnicity (P < 0.001), whereas cryptogenic/nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis was more likely identified at an older age (P = 0.008). African American patients with cirrhosis due to either alcohol or hepatitis C virus were older than Hispanic (P < 0.001 and P = 0.003, respectively) and white patients (P < 0.001 and P < 0.001, respectively) at presentation. Finally, younger patients admitted with cirrhosis had a higher in-hospital mortality rate (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest an association between ethnicity and age of cirrhosis diagnosis, both overall and in patients with certain cirrhosis etiologies. This work raises the possibility of an ethnic and/or genetic basis for cirrhosis.
BACKGROUND:Cirrhosis is diagnosed in patients of all ages and is the end result of many different diseases. The aim of this study was to characterize clinical and ethnic features of adult patients who were admitted to the hospital at different (young/old) ages and examine associations between age and ethnicity within these groups. METHODS: In this retrospective analysis of a diverse cohort of 2017 patients with a clinical diagnosis of cirrhosis between January 2001 and December 2011, we focused on age, ethnicity, and outcome of patients with cirrhosis. RESULTS: We identified 219 patients younger than the age of 40 years, including 87 (11%) of 802 white, 31 (6%) of 550 African American, and 89 (16%) of 550 Hispanic patients (P < 0.001). Ethnicity and causes of cirrhosis were found to have a significant correlation with age. Overall, Hispanic and white patients together were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with cirrhosis at an age younger than 40 years compared with African American patients (P < 0.001). Autoimmune hepatitis caused cirrhosis at a younger age regardless of ethnicity (P < 0.001), whereas cryptogenic/nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis was more likely identified at an older age (P = 0.008). African American patients with cirrhosis due to either alcohol or hepatitis C virus were older than Hispanic (P < 0.001 and P = 0.003, respectively) and white patients (P < 0.001 and P < 0.001, respectively) at presentation. Finally, younger patients admitted with cirrhosis had a higher in-hospital mortality rate (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The data suggest an association between ethnicity and age of cirrhosis diagnosis, both overall and in patients with certain cirrhosis etiologies. This work raises the possibility of an ethnic and/or genetic basis for cirrhosis.
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