Table 2.
Decade-Long Trends in the Causes of Hospital Admissions
| Causes of hospital admissions | Total | Alcoholic | Nonalcoholic | ||||||
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| 2002 (n=1,496) | 2011 (n=1,303) | p-value | 2002 (n=806) | 2011 (n=725) | p-value | 2002 (n=690) | 2011 (n=578) | p-value | |
| Variceal bleeding | 477 (31.9) | 458 (35.1) | 0.07 | 285 (35.4) | 268 (37.0) | 0.51 | 192 (27.8) | 190 (32.9) | 0.05 |
| Hepatic encephalopathy | 320 (21.4) | 178 (13.7) | <0.0001 | 180 (22.3) | 113 (15.6) | <0.0001 | 140 (20.3) | 65 (11.2) | <0.0001 |
| Ascites | 267 (17.8) | 216 (16.6) | 0.38 | 121 (15.0) | 119 (16.4) | 0.45 | 146 (21.1) | 97 (16.8) | 0.05 |
| Hepatic failure | 236 (15.8) | 208 (16.0) | 0.89 | 159 (19.7) | 135 (18.6) | 0.58 | 77 (11.2) | 73 (12.6) | 0.42 |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 104 (7.0) | 183 (14.0) | <0.0001 | 38 (4.7) | 62 (8.6) | 0.002 | 66 (9.6) | 121 (20.9) | <0.0001 |
| Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | 81 (5.4) | 35 (2.7) | <0.0001 | 17 (2.1) | 11 (1.5) | 0.39 | 64 (9.3) | 24 (4.2) | <0.0001 |
| Hepatorenal syndrome | 11 (0.7) | 25 (1.9) | 0.01 | 6 (0.8) | 17 (2.3) | 0.01 | 5 (0.7) | 8 (1.4) | 0.25 |
Data are presented as the number of hospitalizations (%).