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7384642

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Alcoholic patients admitted to medical wards (n=63) and to an alcoholism treatment program (n=412), respectively, were differentiated biochemically and hematologically from each other, as well as from a group of nonalcoholic hospitalized controls (n=40). A quadratic multiple discriminant analysis of blood chemistry tests classified 100% of medical ward alcoholics as alcoholic, 94% of treatment program alcoholics, and 100% of medical controls as nonalcoholic. An expanded control group (n=52) containing 12 patients with biopsy-verified nonalcoholic liver disease was compared with a combined group of age-matched medical ward and treatment program alcoholics (n=126). All controls and 86% of the alcoholics were correctly identified. Sixteen of a group of purported nonalcoholics (n=23), whose drinking practices exceeded our criteria for the nonalcoholic sample, were identified as alcoholic. It is concluded that routine chemistries can be used reliably as a clinical adjunct by the physician to identify individuals whose biochemical and hematological profiles are similar to those of documented alcoholics.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0034-5164
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
533-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Biochemical and hematological correlates of alcoholism.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.