Author Archives: Patrick S. Kamath, Terry Therneau, Vijay H. Shah

Persons who consume >25 g of alcohol a day are at risk of developing hepatic steatosis, alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis. Alcoholic cirrhosis is the eighth most common cause of mortality in the United States and the second highest cause of mortality among all gastrointestinal diseases.1 Although women are at greater risk for alcohol-related liver disease for any given level of alcohol consumption, overall morbidity and mortality is greater in men, likely owing to their higher levels of total alcohol consumption. Continue reading →