Alcohol-Related Liver Disease

Researchers have identified additional predictors of relapse in patients undergoing liver transplant for alcohol-related liver disease, including younger age and prior relapse, which differ from components of current prediction scores.

Most recipients of early liver transplant for severe alcohol-related liver disease live in close proximity to transplant centers, which are more likely to be in socially advantaged areas, according to research in Gastro Hep Advances.

Women with concurrent metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and alcohol-related liver disease had an 83% greater risk for all-cause mortality than men and those with ALD alone had 160% greater risk, data showed.

Liver disease was the primary cause of death in patients with alcohol-related liver disease several years after diagnosis, with the risk for mortality almost three times higher in those with decompensated cirrhosis, according to research.

Among patients with alcoholic-related liver disease in early stages, 15% progressed to decompensation and 22% died within 6 years, according to data presented at EASL Congress.

Children of parents with alcohol-related liver disease had up to a more than fourfold increased risk for alcohol-related hospitalization, despite a low absolute risk for developing alcohol-related liver disease.

Researchers found Latin American countries with more alcohol policies had lower alcohol consumption per capita, deaths due to traffic injuries and alcohol-associated cirrhosis, according to a presenter at the International Liver Congress.

Researchers reported a significant increase in alcohol-related liver disease diagnoses amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, according to a presentation at Digestive Disease Week.

Patients with alcohol-related liver disease who survive for at least 1 year after diagnosis are at increased risk for cancer, according to study results.

The number of alcohol-related deaths in the United States each year has doubled between 1999 and 2017, and women experienced the greatest annual increase in these deaths, according to data from a study evaluating death certificates published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.