title: [Relation between the quantity, type and duration of alcohol drinking and the development of alcoholic liver cirrhosis].
abstract: Patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis in Dalmatian region are presented in this paper and their social and medical characteristics are reviewed. The alcohol drinking habits of 211 patients with established clinical-laboratory criteria of alcoholic liver cirrhosis were investigated. The obtained results have been compared with the results of the control group. The average age of the patients was 51.6 years. Males were more numerous (2/3 of all examinees), while the average duration of alcohol consumption was 25.4 years. Wine was the most frequently consumed beverage (about 90% of cases) and the average daily intake was 151 g of pure alcohol. The authors prove by mathematical model that the occurrence of liver cirrhosis increases exponentially with the increase of the amount of alcohol consumed. Relative risk of the development of alcoholic liver cirrhosis increases many fold with the increase of the amount of alcohol consumed.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za unutarnje bolesti, Republika Hrvstska.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hozo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mirić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ljutić
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giunio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andelinović
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bojić
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors