Critical Evaluation of the Association Between Elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume and Alcohol-Related Traffic Accidents: A Retrospective Study on 6244 Car Crash Cases.

Nadia M PorpigliaFederica BortolottiRomolo M DorizziRocco MiccioloFranco Tagliaro

Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2019)

The present observations show that MCV increases are typically associated with drivers involved in accidents only if driving under severe alcohol intoxication, leading to a preliminary conclusion that, in the context of the certification of the fitness to the driving license, MCV fails to reveal individuals at risk who tend to drive in a condition of low-to-moderate alcohol intoxication.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
air pollution
physical activity
early onset
high intensity
gene expression