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Liver cirrhosis: epidemiological aspects in Italy. 1997

C De Bac, and C Clementi, and F Duca, and D Livoli, and G Poliandri, and A Bozza, and A Osso, and S Martuscelli, and C Pasquazzi, and P Petrucci, and C Furlan, and G Taliani
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.

In order to improve our knowledge of the incidence of liver cirrhosis in Italy, we conducted two epidemiological studies. The first study showed that about 15% of asymptomatic subjects with persistent increase in alanine aminotransferase had histological evidence of cirrhosis. In this setting, cirrhosis was associated with viral aetiology in 91.4% of cases. In the second study, which enrolled cirrhosis patients from 13 centres from all regions of the country, viral infections were detected in 82.6% of patients, the large majority of whom, 71.2%, were positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Alcohol abuse was present in 8.7% of cases as exclusive aetiological factor. All the patients were classified according to Child-Pugh and were scored as class A in 62.4%, as class B in 23.8% and as class C in 13.8% of cases. The age distribution showed that about 55% of cirrhosis patients were under 60 years of age; 34.3% of them had a Child-Pugh score of class B or C. These data show that HCV infection represents the predominant aetiological factor of cirrhosis in Italy and that cirrhosis can be found frequently in asymptomatic subjects.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007558 Italy A country in southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The capital is Rome. Sardinia
D008103 Liver Cirrhosis Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules. Cirrhosis, Liver,Fibrosis, Liver,Hepatic Cirrhosis,Liver Fibrosis,Cirrhosis, Hepatic
D008297 Male Males
D005260 Female Females
D006526 Hepatitis C INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by HEPATITIS C VIRUS, a single-stranded RNA virus. Its incubation period is 30-90 days. Hepatitis C is transmitted primarily by contaminated blood parenterally and is often associated with transfusion and intravenous drug abuse. However, in a significant number of cases, the source of hepatitis C infection is unknown. Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Parenterally-Transmitted,Parenterally-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis,PT-NANBH,Parenterally Transmitted Non A, Non B Hepatitis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000437 Alcoholism A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4) Alcohol Abuse,Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic,Ethanol Abuse,Alcohol Addiction,Alcohol Dependence,Alcohol Use Disorder,Abuse, Alcohol,Abuse, Ethanol,Addiction, Alcohol,Alcohol Use Disorders,Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication,Dependence, Alcohol,Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic,Use Disorders, Alcohol
D016174 Hepacivirus A genus of FLAVIVIRIDAE causing parenterally-transmitted HEPATITIS C which is associated with transfusions and drug abuse. Hepatitis C virus is the type species. Hepatitis C virus,Hepatitis C-Like Viruses,Hepaciviruses,Hepatitis C Like Viruses,Hepatitis C viruses,Hepatitis C-Like Virus

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