Open AccessEpidemiology of Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) in the United States Between 2014 and 2019
Author(s) -
Nahel A. Tunio,
Emad Mansoor,
Mohammed Z. Sheriff,
Gregory S. Cooper,
Seth N. Sclair,
Stanley M. Cohen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.141
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1539-2031
pISSN - 0192-0790
DOI - 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001449
Subject(s) - medicine , autoimmune hepatitis , epidemiology , cohort , rochester epidemiology project , odds ratio , rheumatoid arthritis , disease , ulcerative colitis , autoimmune thyroiditis , inflammatory bowel disease , thyroiditis , population based study
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the liver with increasing prevalence. However, limited epidemiological data exist for the prevalence of AIH in the United States. We used a large database to describe the prevalence of AIH in the United States and the autoimmune diseases associated with it.