Health-related quality of life is dynamic in alcohol hepatitis and responds to improvement in liver disease and alcohol consumption
dc.contributor.author | Madathanapalli, Abhishek | |
dc.contributor.author | Tang, Qing | |
dc.contributor.author | Lammert, Craig | |
dc.contributor.author | Samala, Niharika | |
dc.contributor.author | Shah, Vijay H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sanyal, Arun | |
dc.contributor.author | Chalasani, Naga | |
dc.contributor.author | Desai, Archita P. | |
dc.contributor.department | Biostatistics, School of Public Health | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-25T12:27:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-10-25T12:27:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The impact of alcoholic hepatitis (AH) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) remains inadequately described. We aimed to characterize HRQOL in AH and heavy drinkers (HD), and its associations with clinical variables and outcomes. Methods: This is a post hoc analysis of participants in the Translational Research and Evolving Alcoholic Hepatitis Treatment 001 study (NCT02172898). HRQOL was measured using Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Mean SF-36 scores were compared in AH and HD with two-sample t-tests. Associations among clinical characteristics, 30-day mortality, and SF-36 mental and physical component scores (MC, PC) were investigated with generalized linear and logistic multivariate regression models. Trends of MC and PC scores were analyzed using one-way ANOVA. Results: Participants with AH (n = 258) and HD (n = 181) were similar demographically. AH cases had a mean Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score of 23 (7). AH cases had lower PC scores [37 (10) vs. 48 (11), p < 0.001] but higher MC scores [37 (13) vs. 32 (13), p < 0.001]. MC scores were independently associated with age, male gender, and daily alcohol consumption; PC scores were independently associated with age, BMI, alanine aminotransferase concentration, alkaline phosphatase concentration, white blood cell counts, and the presence of ascites. With each 5-point decrease in the baseline PC score, the adjusted odds of dying within 30 days increased by 26.7% (95% CI 1% to 46%). Over time, HRQOL in AH improved (day 0 to day 180 delta PC score: 4.5 ± 1.7, p = 0.008; delta MC score: 9.8 ± 2.0, p < 0.001). Participants with a MELD score <15 by day 180 had greater increases in PC scores than those with MELD score ≥15 (delta PC score 7.1 ± 1.8 vs. -0.7 ± 2.3, p = 0.009), while those abstinent by day 180 had greater increases in MC scores than those who were not abstinent (delta MC score 9.1 ± 1.8 vs. 2.8 ± 2.4, p = 0.044). Conclusions: HRQOL is poor in AH and HD in a domain-specific pattern. Independent of MELD score, lower baseline HRQOL is associated with higher 30-day mortality. Over time, HRQOL improves with greater gains seen in individuals with improved MELD scores and those who were abstinent. | |
dc.eprint.version | Author's manuscript | |
dc.identifier.citation | Madathanapalli A, Tang Q, Lammert C, et al. Health-related quality of life is dynamic in alcoholic hepatitis and responds to improvement in liver disease and reduced alcohol consumption. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2022;46(2):252-261. doi:10.1111/acer.14756 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/36642 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1111/acer.14756 | |
dc.relation.journal | Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research | |
dc.rights | Publisher Policy | |
dc.source | PMC | |
dc.subject | Alcoholic hepatitis | |
dc.subject | Chronic liver disease | |
dc.subject | Alcoholism | |
dc.subject | Quality of life | |
dc.title | Health-related quality of life is dynamic in alcohol hepatitis and responds to improvement in liver disease and alcohol consumption | |
dc.type | Article |