The association of race with time to severe liver disease diagnoses
After adjusting for potentially confounding covariates, Black race was associated with a longer time to a severe liver disease diagnosis. This finding raises the possibilities of delayed cirrhosis detection or differences in liver fibrosis progression by racial identifiers.
Authors
- Mulugeta Gebregziabher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-481X)
- Patrick D. Mauldin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8890-4554)
- Justin E. Marsden
- Don C. Rockey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3751-2961)
- Andrew D. Schreiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0914-3182)
- Jingwen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4519-5502)
Institutions
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334016
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00