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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
Serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) is a specific and comparatively sensitive marker of excessive alcohol use; however, reports of its sensitivity vary according to the population or patient groups studied and their average alcohol intake. We have characterized the dose-response curve between alcohol intake and CDT concentrations in a study of 1400 men and women from a community-based twin registry. Our results show that mean CDT increases with increasing reported alcohol consumption even within the range of alcohol use considered to be nonhazardous. We found significant effects of sex, age, smoking, previous alcohol dependence, body mass index, and diastolic hypertension on the alcohol-CDT dose-response curve. These variables either affect test sensitivity or require adjustment of reference intervals. The results also provide insight into the physiological and biochemical factors that affect CDT concentration.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0009-9147
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2480-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Alcoholism, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Australia, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Obesity, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Smoking, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Transferrin, pubmed-meshheading:9836715-Twins
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Smoking, obesity, and hypertension alter the dose-response curve and test sensitivity of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a marker of alcohol intake.
pubmed:affiliation
1 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales 2050, Australia. johnwhit@bioc.rpa.cs.nsw.gov.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't