Black patients with cirrhosis more likely to die, less likely to get liver transplant

(Northwestern University) Black patients with cirrhosis - late-stage liver disease - are about 25% more likely to die compared to non-Hispanic white patients and four times less likely to receive a liver transplant, reports a new study. Estimates of racial disparity in cirrhosis have been limited by a lack of large-scale longitudinal data. The paper is one of the first to link all seven large liver centers in Chicago with the death registry and transplant registry to examine racial disparities in cirrhosis.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news