It's well-documented that Americans began drinking more during the pandemic. In Wisconsin, alcohol-related deaths increased ...

A hepatocellular carcinoma risk score using routine clinical data outdid the FIB-4 alone in identifying at-risk patients without viral hepatitis or cirrhosis.

Furthermore, in another study conducted in Brazil, which assessed 90-day mortality among individuals admitted for decompensated cirrhosis (with HCV and alcohol also serving as the primary etiologies) ...

All participants had cirrhosis mainly due to excessive alcohol intake or chronic viral hepatitis. Participants were classed as having acute (13 studies), chronic (7 studies), or minimal (8 studies) ...