Retrospective Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2014; 20(37): 13546-13555
Published online Oct 7, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i37.13546
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Figure 1 Demographic characteristics of the 8080 enrolled liver cirrhosis patients. Age distribution of the liver cirrhosis patients is delineated as a population pyramid depending on gender, and 93.5% of male patients and 89.7% of female patients are between 30-74 years old. Male cases are presented as red bars, and female cases are presented as yellow bars.
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Figure 2 Changing trends in the proportion of major etiologies over 10 consecutive years. The proportion of viral hepatitis-induced liver cirrhosis (LC) has decreased gradually in the past 10 years and that of alcoholic, mixed etiology, autoimmune and cryptogenic-induced LC have increased to some extent. Every marker illustrates the proportion of LC due to a different cause, and the changing trend is simulated by lining up the markers for each etiology as different colored lines. Viral hepatitis: LC caused by viral hepatitis, P < 0.001 in 10 years comparison; Alcohol: LC caused by alcohol consumption, P = 0.919 in 10 years comparison; Mixed etiology: LC caused by mixed etiology, P < 0.001 in 10 years comparison; Autoimmune: LC caused by autoimmune diseases, P < 0.001 in 10 years comparison; Cryptogenic: LC of unknown reason, P = 0.011 in 10 years comparison.
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Figure 3 Changing trends in the proportion of subgroups of viral hepatitis over 10 consecutive years. The proportion of HBV-induced LC has decreased gradually over the 10 years, and those of HCV- and (HBV + HCV)-induced LC have not exhibited explicit trends. Every marker illustrates the proportion of LC due to a different cause, and the changing trend is simulated by lining up the markers for each etiology as different colored lines. HBV: LC caused by hepatitis B virus, P < 0.001 in 10 years comparison; HCV: LC caused by hepatitis C virus, P = 0.263 in 10 years comparison; HBV + HCV: LC caused by hepatitis B virus combined with hepatitis C virus, P = 0.267 in 10 years comparison. LC: Liver cirrhosis; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus.