Black Race Is Associated With Higher Rates of Early‐Onset End‐Stage Renal Disease and Increased Mortality Following Liver Transplantation

Meagan Alvarado, Douglas E. Schaubel, K. Rajender Reddy, Therese Bittermann – 17 March 2021 – Black race is a risk factor for end‐stage renal disease (ESRD). Racial disparities in the risks of early and long‐term renal complications after liver transplantation (LT) have not been systematically studied. This study evaluated racial differences in the natural history of acute and chronic renal insufficiency after LT. This was a retrospective single‐center cohort study of 763 non‐Hispanic White and 181 Black LT recipients between 2008 and 2017.

Hepatology Highlights

Hira Hanif, Mukarram Jamat Ali, Hao Wei Chen, Daryl T.Y. Lau, Gopanandan Parthasarathy, Robert E. Schwartz, Adebowale O. Bamidele, Nabeel A. Wahid, Russell Rosenblatt, David M. Salerno, Robert S. Brown, Adam Buckholz, Cesar Taborda, Joel Wedd, Alyson Kaplan, Brett E. Fortune, Nidhi Jalan‐Sakrikar – 16 March 2021

In Utero Exposure to Mercury Is Associated With Increased Susceptibility to Liver Injury and Inflammation in Childhood

Nikos Stratakis, Lucy Golden‐Mason, Katerina Margetaki, Yinqi Zhao, Damaskini Valvi, Erika Garcia, Léa Maitre, Sandra Andrusaityte, Xavier Basagana, Eva Borràs, Mariona Bustamante, Maribel Casas, Serena Fossati, Regina Grazuleviciene, Line Småstuen Haug, Barbara Heude, Rosemary R.C. McEachan, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Eleni Papadopoulou, Theano Roumeliotaki, Oliver Robinson, Eduard Sabidó, Jose Urquiza, Marina Vafeiadi, Nerea Varo, John Wright, Miriam B. Vos, Howard Hu, Martine Vrijheid, Kiros T. Berhane, David V. Conti, Rob McConnell, Hugo R. Rosen, Lida Chatzi – 16 March 2021

Accuracy of Transient Elastography in Assessing Fibrosis at Diagnosis in Naïve Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Dual Cut‐Off Approach

Laura Cristoferi, Vincenza Calvaruso, Diletta Overi, Mauro Viganò, Cristina Rigamonti, Elisabetta Degasperi, Vincenzo Cardinale, Sara Labanca, Nicola Zucchini, Anna Fichera, Vito Di Marco, Monica Leutner, Rosanna Venere, Antonino Picciotto, Martina Lucà, Giacomo Mulinacci, Andrea Palermo, Alessio Gerussi, Daphne D’Amato, Sarah Elisabeth O’Donnell, Federica Cerini, Carla De Benedittis, Federica Malinverno, Vincenzo Ronca, Clara Mancuso, Nora Cazzagon, Antonio Ciaccio, Donatella Barisani, Marco Marzioni, Annarosa Floreani, Domenico Alvaro, Eugenio Gaudio, Pietro Invernizzi, Guido Carpino, Ale

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