Retrospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 28, 2017; 23(40): 7274-7282
Published online Oct 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i40.7274
Clinical features of alcoholic hepatitis in latinos and caucasians: A single center experience
Rogelio Pinon-Gutierrez, Blythe Durbin-Johnson, Charles H Halsted, Valentina Medici
Rogelio Pinon-Gutierrez, Charles H Halsted, Valentina Medici, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States
Blythe Durbin-Johnson, Division of Biostatistics University of California Davis, Department of Public Health Sciences, Davis, CA 95616, United States
Author contributions: Pinon-Gutierrez R and Halsted CH helped design the research project; Pinon-Gutierrez R contributed to perform data acquisition and drafted the manuscript; Durbin-Johnson B performed statistical analysis; Durbin-Johnson B, Halsted CH and Medici V contributed to manuscript preparation; Medici V conducted the study design and supervised the data collection.
Supported by the project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, through grant number UL1 TR001860. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the University of California of Davis Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: No informed consent from subjects was required for this retrospective study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Valentina Medici, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis, 150 V Street, PSSB suite 3500, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States. vmedici@ucdavis.edu
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Received: August 16, 2017
Peer-review started: August 17, 2017
First decision: August 30, 2017
Revised: September 19, 2017
Accepted: September 26, 2017
Article in press: September 26, 2017
Published online: October 28, 2017
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Core tip: We conducted a retrospective chart review on Caucasian and Latino patients with alcoholic hepatitis. We showed that Latinos had significantly higher rates of gastrointestinal bleeding, encephalopathy, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, recurrence of alcoholic hepatitis, and utilization of acute care services for alcohol related issues compared to Caucasians. However, the survival rates were not significantly different between Latinos and Caucasians. Our findings suggest that Latino patients have poor access to outpatient care and management of complications of portal hypertension.