Study of liver cirrhosis over ten consecutive years in Southern China

Figure 2 Changing trends in the proportion of major etiologies over 10 consecutive years. The proportion of viral hepatitis-induced liver cirrhosis (LC) has decreased gradually in the past 10 years and that of alcoholic, mixed etiology, autoimmune and cryptogenic-induced LC have increased to some extent. Every marker illustrates the proportion of LC due to a different cause, and the changing trend is simulated by lining up the markers for each etiology as different colored lines. Viral hepatitis: LC caused by viral hepatitis, P < 0.001 in 10 years comparison; Alcohol: LC caused by alcohol consumption, P = 0.919 in 10 years comparison; Mixed etiology: LC caused by mixed etiology, P < 0.001 in 10 years comparison; Autoimmune: LC caused by autoimmune diseases, P < 0.001 in 10 years comparison; Cryptogenic: LC of unknown reason, P = 0.011 in 10 years comparison.