Characteristics and Changes over Time of Alcohol-Related Chronic Liver Diseases in Italy

Table 3

Characteristics of chronic liver diseases alcohol related in male sex over time in Italy.

Characteristics	2001 Study	2014 Study	p-value
	(n°=1,852)	(n°=207)
Age (years), mean ± SD			<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2), mean ± SD			<0.05
Area of origin
(i) Northern/Central Italy	888 (45.8%)	95 (45.9%)	0.03
(ii) Southern Italy/Islands	967 (52.2%)	102 (49.3%)
(iii) Born abroad	37 (2.0%)	10 (4.8%)
Risk factors
(i) Alcohol intake alone	710 (38.3%)	100 (48.3%)	0.015
(ii) Alcohol intake/HBsAg positive	129 (7.0%)	18 (8.7%)
(iii) Alcohol intake/anti-HCV positivity	957 (51.7%)	83 (40.1%)
(iv) Alcohol intake/HBsAg positive/anti-HCV positive	56 (3.0%)	6 (2.9%)
Diagnosis
(i) Chronic hepatitis	1,231 (66.5%)	117 (56.5%)	0.004
(ii) Liver cirrhosis without HCC	541 (29.2%)	73 (35.3%)
(iii) Liver cirrhosis with HCC	80 (4.3%)	17 (8.2%)

BMI: body mass index. HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.