Accuracy of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a biomarker of chronic alcohol abuse during treatment for alcoholism.

Tatsuya SuzukiAkiko EguchiRyuta ShigefukuSaeko NagaoMasayuki MorikawaKazushi SugimotoMotoh IwasaYoshiyuki Takei

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)

Our results indicate that %CDT is an accurate and specific biomarker of alcohol consumption and is useful in detecting alcohol abstinence even in a low alcohol intake patient cohort. These results suggest that %CDT could be a useful objective biomarker of chronic alcohol abuse during clinical treatment for alcoholism.

Keyphrases

alcohol consumption
case report
intimate partner violence
weight gain
combination therapy