EFFECT OF THE TYPE OF BEVERAGE AND MEAT CONSUMED BY ALCOHOLICS WITH ALCOHOLIC LIVER-DISEASE

We analyzed meat products and alcoholic beverage preference in patient s with the three stages of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) compared with controls using diet history data. Daily consumption of total alcohol, types of alcoholic beverages, and types of meat and meat products in grams was obtained by dietary history taken from patients with biopsy proven stage of ALD. A strong association was found between the ALD su bjects and total alcohol and beer consumption. There was a significant increase in the consumption of total pig products, pork, and offal in the ALD groups compared with controls. There was a significant positi ve correlation between beer consumption and pork in alcoholic hepatiti s, total pork products in alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis and offal in alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. There was no correlation with t he fatty liver stage of ALD. The strongest correlation was between bee r and total pig products in the alcoholic hepatitis group. Wine consum ption was negatively correlated with the consumption of pig products a nd beer in the alcoholic cirrhosis group. In conclusion, the associati on of total pig product consumption with cirrhosis mortality in variou s countries was validated by personal diet history data obtained from ALD patients in a tested clinical microcosm. The results suggest that this association may be modified by the type of alcoholic beverage tha t is preferentially consumed.