To investigate the etiology and complications of liver cirrhosis (LC) in Southern China.In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, we identified cases of liver cirrhosis admitted between January 2001 to December 2010 and reviewed the medical records. Patient demographics, etiologies and complications were collected, and etiological changes were illustrated by consecutive years and within two time periods (2001-2005 and 2006-2010). All results were expressed as the mean ± SD or as a percentage. The χ(2) test or Student's t-test was used to analyze the differences in age, gender, and etiological distribution, and one-way analysis of variance was applied to estimate the trends in etiological changes. We analyzed the relationship between the etiologies and complications using unconditioned logistic regression, and the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the major etiological groups was evaluated as ORs. A P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Statistical computation was performed using SPSS 17.0 software.In this study, we identified 6719 (83.16

作者：Xing, Wang；Shang-Xiong, Lin；Jin, Tao；Xiu-Qing, Wei；Yuan-Ting, Liu；Yu-Ming, Chen；Bin, Wu

来源：World journal of gastroenterology 2014 年 20卷 37期