Increasing Prevalence and Racial Disparity of Alcohol-Related Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-Based National Study.

The prevalence of alcohol-related liver and gastrointestinal disease increased during COVID-19. We suspect these increases are associated with increased alcohol use disorder resulting from the stress of social isolation. These data suggest COVID-19 disproportionately affected African Americans in overall health care utilization and increased burden of alcoholic gastrointestinal and liver disease.