Retrospective Study
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World J Hepatol. Feb 27, 2023; 15(2): 282-288
Published online Feb 27, 2023. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v15.i2.282
Hospitalizations for alcoholic liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic increased more for women, especially young women, compared to men
John Patterson Campbell, Vinay Jahagirdar, Adel Muhanna, Kevin F Kennedy, John H Helzberg
John Patterson Campbell, Adel Muhanna, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States
Vinay Jahagirdar, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States
Kevin F Kennedy, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States
John H Helzberg, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liver Disease Management Unit, Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States
Author contributions: Campbell JP, Jahagirdar V, Muhanna A, Kennedy KF, and Helzberg JH contributed equally to this work; Campbell JP contributed to conceptualization, data curation, writing original draft, review and editing, and project administration; Jahagirdar V contributed to writing original draft, review, and editing; Muhanna A contributed to investigation and methodology; Kennedy KF contributed to formal analysis, data curation, validation, and visualization; Helzberg JH contributed to supervision, writing, editing, and project administration; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Saint Luke’s Health System Institutional Review Board (Approval No. SLHS-21-057).
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was not obtained from each patient evaluated since this project was completely retrospective and performed with an IRB exemption.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: John Patterson Campbell, MD, Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4401 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64111, United States. jpc6nf@umsystem.edu
Received: November 4, 2022
Peer-review started: November 4, 2022
First decision: January 3, 2023
Revised: January 15, 2023
Accepted: February 7, 2023
Article in press: February 7, 2023
Published online: February 27, 2023
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Core Tip

Core Tip: An increase in alcoholic liver disease admissions was observed in the first year of the pandemic compared to the year prior to the pandemic with various “lock-downs” in place. This trend was most pronounced in the cohort of women below the age of 50.