Phosphatidylethanol is Superior to Carbohydrate-Deficient Transferrin and γ-Glutamyltransferase as an Alcohol Marker and is a Reliable Estimate of Alcohol Consumption Level.

Summary, in English

In clinical practice as well as research situations, it is of great importance to get reliable information about a patient's alcohol consumption. The aim of the study was to investigate the correlation of alcohol biomarkers (phosphatidylethanol [PEth], carbohydrate-deficient transferrin [CDT], γ-glutamyltransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase) to retrospective as well as diary-based alcohol self-reports and to examine whether it is possible to correlate a biomarker result to a more precise level of alcohol consumption.

• Author: Lisa Walther; Andrea de Bejczy; Elin Löf; Therese Hansson; Anders S Andersson; Joar Guterstam; Anders Hammarberg; Gulber Asanovska; Johan Franck; Bo Söderpalm; Anders Isaksson
• Department/s: Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 2200-2208
• Publication/Series: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 11
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26503066?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.12883
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Topic: Substance Abuse
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0145-6008