Epidemiology of liver cirrhosis and associated complications: Current knowledge and future directions.
Cirrhosis causes a heavy global burden. In this review, we summarized up-todate epidemiological features of cirrhosis and its complications. Recent epidemiological studies reported an increase in the prevalence of cirrhosis in 2017 compared to in 1990 in both men and women, with 5.2 million cases of cirrhosis and chronic liver disease occurring in 2017…
