在美国的肝移植清单中,与增加的ALD和MASH相关的不同候选特征
Ashwani K Singal1, Winston Dunn2, Robert Wong3
1University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, USA; Trager Transplant Center at Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
概括
酒精相关性肝病 (ALD) 和代谢相关性脂肪肝炎 (MASH) 正在增加肝移植 (LT) 的指示. 趋势因患者特征而异,影响器官分配策略.
科学领域:
- 肝病学 肝病学是一种肝病学.
- 移植手术 移植手术
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 酒精相关性肝病 (ALD) 和代谢相关性脂肪肝炎 (MASH) 是肝移植 (LT) 的主要驱动因素.
- 关于LT候选国和其人口统计学关联中ALD和MASH的流行病学趋势的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 分析ALD和MASH的趋势,作为对LT的指示.
- 调查候选特征与ALD和MASH流行率上升之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 利用2002-2022年的UNOS数据库,比较了两个10年时期 (2002-2011与2012-2022).
- 在肝移植列表中检查了ALD和MASH病因的比例.
- 使用多变量后勤回归来识别与增加ALD和MASH列表相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 在这两个时期之间,ALD列表的比例翻了一番,而MASH列表的比例则增加了三倍.
- 年轻人 (<35岁) 的ALD增加最高. ),女性,黑人/亚洲人,非糖尿病人,低学历,医疗补助受益者和MELD>35的人.
- 中年人群 (35-64岁) 的MASH增幅最高. ),男性,黑人/亚洲人,糖尿病患者,高等教育,医疗保险受益者,以及MELD<25.
结论:
- 作为LT的征兆,ALD和MASH都在显著增加,具有明显的人口趋势.
- 这些发现强调了针对ALD和MASH患者制定量身定制的公共卫生政策和明智的器官分配策略的必要性.
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