Life-table analysis is a suitable method for evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutical approaches to and the progression of, chronic diseases. The authors performed 324 liver biopsies in patients with liver disease between 1976 and 1986. The cumulative life-table analysis of Cutler and Ederer was...
The prevalence of chronic liver disease is increasing in the elderly. More than two-thirds of all patients with liver disease in the Western world are due to alcohol liver disease (ALD) and hepatitis C virus occurring alone or in combination. Viral infections are the commonest cause of ...
Almost three million people in the United States are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The life expectancy of patients with chronic HCV infection is reduced compared with thegeneral population, largely attributable to the development of cirrhosis, liver failure and cancer. Studies...
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Longer life expectancy has led to a growing epidemic of kidney disease in the elderly (aged ≥65 years) and very elderly (aged ≥80 years). While much of t... AS Bomback,LC Herlitz,GS Markowitz - 《Adv Chronic Kidney Dis》 被引量: 23发表: 2012年 加载更多来源...
Presence of NASH is associated with lower life expectancy, both due to liver-related death and to an increase in cardiovascular events. The appearance of NAFLD is mainly dependent on increased flow of fatty acids derived from an excess of lipolysis from insulin-resistant adipose tissue. Development...
Liver Disease Some liver diseases are potentially preventable and are associated with lifestyle choices. Liverdisease is any disturbance ofliver functionthat causes illness. The liver is responsible for many critical functions within the body and should it become diseased or injured, the loss of ...
"We were looking for things like chronic ischemic heart disease, heart failure, diabetes, liver disease and also some mental health morbidities like depression and alcohol and drug abuse," author of the study, Dr Deborah Randall told Xinhua. ...
According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010), liver cirrhosis caused approximately 1 million or 2% of global deaths and 31 million or 1.2% of total disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs)[6,7]. In GBD 2016, there were approximately 1.6 million incidence cases of cirrhosis...
The increase in life expectancy and an aging demographic have led to a surge in chronic diseases, presenting substantial challenges to healthcare systems w... Iovino, Paolo,Uchmanowicz, Izabella,Vellone, Ercole - Advances in Clinical & Experimental Medicine 被引量: 0发表: 2024年 Clinical Observat...