Hospital contacts with alcohol problems prior to liver cirrhosis or pancreatitis diagnosis

Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics among patients newly diagnosed with alcoholic liver cirrhosis or alcoholic pancreatitis 2008-2012 in Denmark according to a prior hospital contact with alcohol problems within 10 years n (%)

Characteristic	Alcoholic liver cirrhosis (n = 7719)			Alcoholic pancreatitis (n = 1811)
	Yes	No	P value	Yes	No	P value
Cohort, n	3058 (40)	4661 (60)		719 (40)	1092 (60)
Age, mean (range)	57 (29-92)	61 (28-93)	< 0.0001	53 (28-90)	58 (28-92)	< 0.0001
Sex, men	2144 (70)	3159 (68)	0.03	562 (78)	810 (74)	0.05
Civil status, married	1338 (44)	1681 (36)	< 0.0001	289 (40)	345 (32)	0.000
Education (yr)			0.001			0.38
≤ 9	1479 (48)	2062 (44)		342 (48)	483 (44)
9-11	1170 (38)	1950 (42)		297 (41)	481 (44)
≥ 12	409 (14)	649 (14)		80 (11)	128 (12)
Charlson comorbidity index			< 0.0001			0.02
0	938 (31)	1890 (41)		263 (36)	472 (43)
1-2	1201 (39)	1402 (30)		285 (40)	391 (36)
≥ 3	919 (30)	1369 (29)		171 (24)	229 (21)
Number of psychiatric comorbidities			< 0.0001			< 0.0001
0	2217 (73)	4394 (94)		478 (67)	990 (91)
1	522 (17)	203 (4.6)		139 (19)	68 (6.0)
≥ 2	319 (10)	64 (1.4)		102 (14)	34 (3.0)

Values are numbers (percentages) unless otherwise stated, n = 9530.

Table 2 Most severe alcohol diagnosis recorded and types of hospital care of prior hospital contacts with alcohol problems within 10 years, among patients newly diagnosed with alcoholic liver cirrhosis or alcoholic pancreatitis 2008-2012 in Denmark

	Alcoholic liver cirrhosis (n = 7719)	Alcoholic pancreatitis (n = 1811)
Prior hospital contact with alcohol problems
No	4661 (60)	1092 (60)
Yes	3058 (40)	719 (40)
If yes, the most severe alcohol problem diagnosis recorded
Intoxication	184 (2.3)	46 (2.5)
Harmful use	527 (6.7)	141 (7.8)
Dependence	2347 (31)	532 (30)
If yes, types of hospital care1
Somatic hospital	2743 (36)	644 (36)
Somatic ward	2051 (27)	509 (28)
Somatic emergency room	970 (13)	226 (12)
Somatic outpatient clinic	1150 (15)	250 (14)
Psychiatric hospital	1157 (15)	294 (16)
Psychiatric ward	454 (5.9)	126 (7.0)
Psychiatric emergency room	775 (10)	192 (11)
Psychiatric outpatient clinic	431 (5.6)	125 (6.9)

¹Patients counted in several categories if they had more than one prior hospital contact with alcohol problems with different types of hospital care. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients (n = 9530).