Combining carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and gamma-glutamyltransferase to increase diagnostic accuracy for problem drinking

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 574-582

  Chen, Jack ^a,c   Conigrave, Katherine M ^b   Macaskill, Petra ^a   Whitfield, John B ^b   Irwig, Les ^a   Tabakoff, B ^d   Borg, S ^d   Dongier, M ^d   Edenberg, H ^d   Eriksson, C J P ^d   Formigoni, M L O S ^d   Grant, B F ^d   Hoffman, P L ^d   Kiianmaa, K ^d   Koyama, T ^d   Legault, L ^d   Li, T K ^d   Monteiro, M G ^d   Ogata, M ^d   Saito, T ^d   Salaspuro, M ^d   Tufik, S ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 10744222980     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg113     Document Type: Article

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