Liver disease is a major cause of premature death and disability in Europe. However, morbidity and mortality are not equally distributed in the population. In spite of this, there are few studies addressing the issue of health inequalities in Europe. In this Public Health Corner article, we compare the research conducted on health inequalities in Europe to other settings and highlight the main differences based upon an extensive review of the literature. We report that only 10.2% of studies were led by European institutions or conducted in European populations and that certain topics such as alcohol-related liver disease are largely overlooked. In addition, we discuss the relevance of including a health equity lens when conducting clinical, epidemiological and health systems’ research in liver disease and set out the basic requirements to tackle health inequalities in liver disease in Europe.

肝病是欧洲过早死亡和残疾的主要原因。然而，发病率和死亡率在人口中的分布并不均等。尽管如此，很少有研究解决欧洲的健康不平等问题。在这个公共卫生角在这篇文章中，我们将针对欧洲健康不平等的研究与其他环境进行了比较，并根据对文献的广泛回顾强调了主要差异。我们报告说，只有 10.2% 的研究是由欧洲机构领导或在欧洲人群中进行的，并且酒精相关肝病等某些主题在很大程度上被忽视了。此外，我们还讨论了在进行肝病临床、流行病学和卫生系统研究时纳入健康公平视角的相关性，并提出了解决欧洲肝病健康不平等问题的基本要求。