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

Table 4

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

Characteristics	2001 Study	2014 Study	p-value
	(n°=490)	(n°=168)
Age (years), mean ± SD			<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2), mean ± SD			0.1
Area of origin
(i) Northern/Central Italy	251 (51.2%)	101 (60.1%)	0.009
(ii) Southern Italy/Islands	225 (45.9%)	57 (33.9%)
(iii) Born abroad	14 (2.9%)	10 (6.0%)
Risk factors
(i) Alcohol intake alone	273 (55.7%)	79 (47.0%)	0.002
(ii) Alcohol intake/HBsAg positive	11 (2.2%)	14 (8.3%)
(iii) Alcohol intake/anti-HCV positivity	200 (40.8%)	71 (42.3%)
(iv) Alcohol intake/HBsAg positive/anti-HCV positive	6 (1.2%)	4 (2.4%)
Diagnosis
(i) Chronic hepatitis	319 (65.1%)	95 (56.5%)	0.09
(ii) Liver cirrhosis without HCC	156 (31.8%)	64 (38.1%)
(iii) Liver cirrhosis with HCC	15 (3.1%)	9 (5.4%)

BMI: body mass index. HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma.