An epidemiological survey of alcoholic liver disease in Zhejiang province.
- Author:
You-ming LI
1
;
Wei-xing CHEN
;
Chao-hui YU
;
Min YUE
;
You-shi LIU
;
Gen-yu XU
;
Feng JI
;
Su-dan LI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; China; epidemiology; Data Collection; Female; Humans; Incidence; Liver Diseases, Alcoholic; epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged
- From: Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2003;11(11):647-649
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo describe the brief survey of alcohol intake and the incidence of alcohol liver disease in Zhejiang province.
METHODS18,237 requested persons aged over 18 years were selected by multi-stage stratified cluster sampling in Zhejiang province. Questionnaire about alcohol consumption, hepatic ultrasonic scan and detection of hepatic enzymes and markers of HBV and HCV were carried out. Daily alcohol intake more than 40g (including equal to 40g/d) was essential for the diagnosis of alcoholic liver disease.
RESULTSAmong the 18,237 persons (male 12,042, female 6195), the average daily alcohol intake was (17.7 +/- 27.2) g. The incidence of alcoholic liver disease in Zhejiang province was 4.34% (male 6.36%, female 0.36%) in the whole population. Four subtypes were separated as alcoholic cirrhosis, alcoholic fat liver, alcoholic hepatitis and mild alcoholic injury in liver with the corresponding incidence of 0.68%, 0.94%, 1.51% and 1.21% separately.
CONCLUSIONAlcoholic liver disease is found to be a common disease in Zhejiang province, indicating an urgent need for the public education on alcohol abuse and the treatment on related health problems
