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Alcohol-Attributable Fraction in Liver Disease: Does GDP Per Capita Matter?
Author(s) -
Paul T. Kröner,
Pavan Mankal,
Vijay Dalapathi,
K. D. Shroff,
Jean Abed,
Donald P. Kotler
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of global health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 66
ISSN - 2214-9996
DOI - 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.12.006
Subject(s) - per capita , gross domestic product , per capita income , consumption (sociology) , alcohol consumption , demography , medicine , alcohol , economics , environmental health , population , biology , economic growth , social science , biochemistry , sociology
The alcohol-attributable fraction (AAF) quantifies alcohol's disease burden. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is influenced by alcohol consumption per capita, duration, gender, ethnicity, and other comorbidities. In this study, we investigated the association between AAF/alcohol-related liver mortality and alcohol consumption per capita, while stratifying to per-capita gross domestic product (GDP).

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