Discharge diagnoses of liver diseases in Nuuk Greenland compared to a Danish county hospital
| Autor: | Mariann Tang Jensen, Hendrik Vilstrup, Henning Grønbæk, Henning S. Pedersen, Malene Sine Rokkjær, Peter Uhd Jepsen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Liver Cirrhosis Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Cirrhosis Adolescent Epidemiology Denmark Greenland Chronic liver disease Gastroenterology Danish 03 medical and health sciences Hepatitis B Chronic 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Medical diagnosis Aged Aged 80 and over Hepatitis Discharge diagnosis 030505 public health Arctic Regions business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Patient Discharge language.human_language Cross-Sectional Studies Inuit language Female 0305 other medical science business liver cirrhosis liver diseases epidemiology discharge diagnosis hepatitis |
| Zdroj: | Rokkjær, M S, Jensen, M T, Grønbæk, H, Jepsen, P, Henning S., P & Vilstrup, H 2006, ' Discharge diagnoses of liver diseases in Nuuk Greenland compared to a Danish county hospital ', International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 162-8 . International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Vol 65, No 2 (2006) Aarhus University |
| ISSN: | 1797-237X 1239-9736 |
| Popis: | Background. It is a frequently held notion that Inuits/Greenlanders are less prone to develop chronic liver disease than Europeans. High alcohol consumption and chronic viral infection are more frequent in Greenland than in Denmark. Study design. A cross-sectional study to examine the incidence and prevalence of liver discharge diagnosis with focus on cirrhosis among hospital-admitted patients in Greenland and Denmark. Methods. Register-based ICD-10 discharge diagnoses from Queen Ingrid’s Hospital, Greenland, (n = 1072) and Randers Central Hospital, Denmark, (n = 4599) were used to compare the incidence and prevalence of cirrhosis in hospitalised patients during 1998. Results. Five patients (0.47%) in Greenland and 36 (0.78%) in Denmark had a liver discharge diagnosis (OR = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.26-1.72). Two patients (0.19%) in Greenland compared to 25 (0.54%) in Denmark had a cirrhosis associated discharge liver diagnosis (OR = 0.34, 95% CI: 0.08-1.45). The number of newly diagnosed discharged patients was smaller in Greenland, 2 (0.19%), vs. Denmark, 14 (0.30%), (OR = 0.61, 95% CI: 0.14-2.70). Conclusion. Discharge liver diagnoses were not more frequent in Greenland than in Denmark - if anything, the hospital prevalence and incidence of liver discharge diagnoses were lower. This may reflect fewer cirrhosis cases in Greenland, and/or a shorter survival time, or lack of follow up. (Int J Circumpolar Health 2006;65(2):162-168.) Keywords: liver cirrhosis, liver diseases, epidemiology, discharge diagnosis, hepatitis |
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