Cohort profile: decoding the epidemiology of liver disease in Sweden (DELIVER)

• DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2022.2051202
• Publication Date: 2022-03-16T11:33:37Z
• Authors: Hannes Hagström; Ying Shang; Axel Wester; Linnea Widman
• Keywords: Liver disease

Swedish nationwide registries can be used to identify patients with a wide range of diagnoses. This information construct cohorts useful determine prognosis and risk factors for disease progression. Here, we describe new register-based cohort diverse set chronic liver diagnoses in Sweden.The DELIVER (DEcoding the epidemiology LIVER sweden) was constructed using extensive data linkages between different registers, diagnosed 1964 2016. Patients are matched 1:10 reference individuals from general population on age, sex, municipality calendar year first diagnosis. Longitudinal cross-linked several registers allow identification outcomes occurring before or after Further, since July 2005 all dispensed drugs identified.In total, 307 768 unique diagnosis were identified, these 3 067 714 population. As examples, contains 90 948 viral hepatitis; 50 593 alcohol-related 13 242 non-alcoholic fatty disease.The examine important research questions. Long-term diseases, progression, impact drugs, panorama time trends examples. Here construction availability DELIVER.