title: Reply to: "Heavy daily alcohol intake at the population level predicts the weight of alcohol in cirrhosis burden worldwide: Methodological issues of confounding and prediction models".
authors.affiliation: Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cruz-Lemini
authors.affiliation: Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain; Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Altamirano
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Nambi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ndugga
authors.affiliation: Cirrhosis Care Clinic, Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, CEGIIR, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Juan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Abraldes
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Division of Biochemistry, Department of Nutrition, University of Nory Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: bataller@med.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bataller
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000431:Ethanol; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol