Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Rates by Race Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

Neeti S Kulkarni; Divneet K Wadhwa; Fasiha Kanwal; Jagpreet Chhatwal

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0527

Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Mortality Rates by Race Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Apr 7;4(4):e230527. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.0527.

Authors

Neeti S Kulkarni¹, Divneet K Wadhwa¹, Fasiha Kanwal², Jagpreet Chhatwal^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Technology Assessment, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the national- and state-level age-adjusted mortality rates for alcohol-associated liver disease in 4 racial groups, with a focus on the American Indian or Alaska Native population.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Alcohol-Related Disorders* / complications
Alcohol-Related Disorders* / epidemiology
Alcohol-Related Disorders* / ethnology
Alcohol-Related Disorders* / mortality
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Ethanol / adverse effects
Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Indians, North American
Liver Diseases* / epidemiology
Liver Diseases* / ethnology
Liver Diseases* / etiology
Liver Diseases* / mortality
Pandemics
Race Factors / statistics & numerical data
Racial Groups* / ethnology
Racial Groups* / statistics & numerical data
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Ethanol