Sex differences in clinical characteristics and outcomes associated with alcoholic hepatitis

G Pemmasani, WJ Tremaine, VCS Kumar… - European Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background Alcohol-associated liver disease is increasing among females with an earlier
onset and more severe disease at lower levels of exposure. However, there is paucity of
literature regarding sex differences related to alcoholic hepatitis. Methods Hospitalized
patients with alcoholic hepatitis were selected from the US Nationwide readmissions
database 2019. In this cohort, we evaluated sex differences in baseline comorbidities,
alcoholic hepatitis related complications and mortality. A subset of patients with alcoholic …