Ethnic differences in cirrhosis of the liver in a British city: alcoholic cirrhosis in South Asian men.
Alcohol Alcohol
; 38(2): 148-50, 2003.
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ABSTRACT
AIMS AND METHODS:
We studied the ethnic origin of cirrhotic patients retrospectively over the 14-year period 1987-2000 and compared the ethnic make-up of the cirrhotic patients with the ethnic make-up of the local catchment population. RESULTS ANDCONCLUSIONS:
Of 381 cirrhotics, 64.1% were white, 29.1% South Asian, 4.7% Afro-Caribbeans and 2.1% other races. These proportions were different from those of the local community in that South Asians were over-represented and Afro-Caribbeans were under-represented. Alcohol was the commonest cause of cirrhosis (60.9%) and South Asian non-Moslem males with alcoholic cirrhosis were over-represented and were younger at diagnosis than white alcoholic cirrhotics.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cirrose Hepática Alcoólica
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Alcohol Alcohol
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article