The portrait of an adult liver transplant recipient in the United States from 1987 to 2013

JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Aug;174(8):1407-9. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.2903.

Authors

Maria Stepanova¹, Homan Wai¹, Sammy Saab², Alita Mishra³, Chapy Venkatesan³, Zobair M Younossi³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia.
² Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles.
³ Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia.

PMID: 24978860
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.2903

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology
Educational Status
Employment
Female
Hepatitis B, Chronic / epidemiology*
Hepatitis B, Chronic / surgery
Hepatitis C, Chronic / epidemiology*
Hepatitis C, Chronic / surgery
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / epidemiology*
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / surgery
Liver Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Liver Neoplasms / surgery
Liver Transplantation / trends*
Male
Middle Aged
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / epidemiology*
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / surgery
Obesity / epidemiology
Overweight / epidemiology
Transplant Recipients / statistics & numerical data*
United States / epidemiology