Retrospective Study
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World J Clin Cases. Dec 6, 2018; 6(15): 922-930
Published online Dec 6, 2018. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i15.922
Current trends of liver cirrhosis in Mexico: Similitudes and differences with other world regions
Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Felipe Zamarripa-Dorsey, Arturo Panduro, Emma Purón-González, Edgar Ulises Coronado-Alejandro, Carlos Alejandro Cortez-Hernández, Fátima Higuera de la Tijera, José Luis Pérez-Hernández, Eira Cerda-Reyes, Heriberto Rodríguez-Hernández, Vania César Cruz-Ramón, Oscar Lenin Ramírez-Pérez, Nancy Edith Aguilar-Olivos, Olga Fabiola Rodríguez-Martínez, Samantha Cabrera-Palma, Guillermo Cabrera-Álvarez
Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Vania César Cruz-Ramón, Oscar Lenin Ramírez-Pérez, Nancy Edith Aguilar-Olivos, Olga Fabiola Rodríguez-Martínez, Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Mexico City 14050, Mexico
Felipe Zamarripa-Dorsey, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital “Juárez” of México, Mexico City 07760, Mexico
Arturo Panduro, Department of Molecular Biology in Medicine, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, Guadalajara 44280, Jalisco, Mexico
Emma Purón-González, Edgar Ulises Coronado-Alejandro, Department of Internal Medicine, “Christus Muguerza “Super Specialty” Hospital” Monterrey, Monterrey 64060, Nuevo León, Mexico
Carlos Alejandro Cortez-Hernández, Department of Gastroenterology, “University Hospital “Jose Eleuterio González” Monterrey, Monterrey 64060, Nuevo León, Mexico
Fátima Higuera de la Tijera, José Luis Pérez-Hernández, Department of Gastroenterology, “General Hospital of Mexico “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga”, Mexico City 06720, Mexico
Eira Cerda-Reyes, Department of Gastroenterology, “Central Military Hospital”, Mexico City 11200, Mexico
Heriberto Rodríguez-Hernández, Faculty of Medicine and Nutrition, Juárez University of the State of Durango, Durango 34100, Mexico
Samantha Cabrera-Palma, Guillermo Cabrera-Álvarez, Liver Clinic, Regional General Hospital IMSS 1, Cuernavaca 62450, Morelos, Mexico
Author contributions: Méndez-Sánchez N conceptualized the study; Zamarripa-Dorsey FZ and Panduro A contributed to the methodology; Aguilar-Olivos NE and Rodríguez-Martínez OF; Validation, Higuera de la Tijera F, Pérez-Hernández JL, Rodríguez-Hernández HR, Cortez–Hernández CA, Cerda-Reyes E and Cabrera-Álvarez G contributed to the software; Purón-González E, Coronado-Alejandro EU, Cabrera-Palma S contributed to the investigation; Cruz-Ramón VC and Ramírez-Pérez OL contributed to the writing-original draft preparation; Méndez-Sánchez N contributed to the writing-review and editing; Méndez-Sánchez N, Zamarripa-Dorsey F, Panduro A, Cortez-Hernández CA, Cerda-Reyes E, Higuera de la Tijera F, Pérez-Hernández JL, Rodríguez-Hernández H and Cabrera-Palma S contributed to the supervision of the study.
Supported by Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation (in part).
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, MD, MSc, PhD, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD, Academic Research, Professor, Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic and Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150, Col. Toriello Guerra, Mexico City14050, Mexico. nmendez@medicasur.org.mx
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Received: September 6, 2018
Peer-review started: September 6, 2018
First decision: October 11, 2018
Revised: October 19, 2018
Accepted: November 14, 2018
Article in press: November 15, 2018
Published online: December 6, 2018
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Core Tip

Core tip: In 2004, a Mexican study reported the most common causes of liver cirrhosis were alcoholic liver disease (39.5%), hepatitis C virus (36.6%), and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (10.4%). We believe that the epidemiology of cirrhosis has changed because of the increasing prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and autoimmune diseases. Therefore, we performed a cross-sectional multicenter study that included eight hospitals of different areas of Mexico in order to know the current epidemiology of liver cirrhosis in this country.