Causes, Risk Factors, And Complications Of Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Gender

Doctors are not sure why, but primary biliary cholangitis affects exceedingly more women than men. It is estimated up to ninety percent of individuals with this disease are female, and one in one thousand women over forty have it. It is the most common liver condition and the most common cause of liver transplants among women. Women who were diagnosed with primary biliary cholangitis before thirty years old and all men diagnosed with the disease tend to be least responsive to treatments delaying its progression. Primary biliary cholangitis tends to be most prominent in women of Caucasian descent in Europe and North America.

Keep reading to learn about another factor that plays a part in primary biliary cholangitis.