Ethnicity, alcohol drinking and changes in transaminase activity among heavy drinkers

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-569

  Stewart, Scott H ^a,b,d   Connors, Gerard J ^c  

^a MUSC Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine transaminase; Alcohol; Aspartate aminotransferase; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248523127     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Singh GK, Hoyert DL. Social epidemiology of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis mortality in the United States, 1935-1997: trends and differentials by ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and alcohol consumption. Hum Biol. 2000;72:801-820.
2. Stinson FS, Grant BF, Dufour MC. The critical dimension of ethnicity in liver cirrhosis mortality statistics. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2001;25:1181-1187.
3. Mandayam S, Jamal MM, Morgan TR. Epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease. Semin Liver Dis. 2004;24:217-232.
4. McQuillan GM, Kruszon-Moran D, Kottiri BJ, et al. Racial and ethnic differences in the seroprevalence of 6 infectious diseases in the United States, 1988-1994. Am J Public Health. 2004;94:1952-1958.
5. Dawson DA, Grant BF, Chou SP, et al. Subgroup variation in US drinking patterns: results of the 1992 National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Study. J Subst Abuse. 1995;7:331-344.
6. Stranges S, Freudenheim JL, Muti P, et al. Greater hepatic vulnerability after alcohol intake in African Americans compared with Caucasians: a population-based study. J Natl Med Assoc. 2004;96:1185-1192.
7. Stewart SH. Racial and ethnic differences in alcohol-associated aspartate aminotransferase and gamma-glutamyltransferase elevation. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2236-2239.
8. Wickramasinghe SN, Corridan B, Izaguirre J, et al. Ethnic differences in the biological consequences of alcohol abuse: a comparison between south Asian and European males. Alcohol Alcohol. 1995;30:675-680.
9. Project MATCH Research Group. Project MATCH: rationale and methods for a multisite clinical trial matching patients to alcoholism treatment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1993;17:1130-1145.
10. Project MATCH Research Group. Matching alcoholism treatments to client heterogeneity: Project MATCH posttreatment drinking outcomes. J Stud Alcohol. 1997;58:7-29.
11. Project MATCH Research Group. Project MATCH: rationale and methods for a multisite clinical trial matching patients to alcoholism treatment. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1993;17:1130-1145.
12. Stewart SH, Connors GJ, Hutson A. Ethnicity and gamma-glutamyltransferase in men and women with alcohol use disorders. Alcohol Alcohol. 2007;42:24-27.
13. Miller WR. Manual for Form 90: a structured assessment interview for drinking and related behaviors (Project MATCH Monograph Series No. 5). Rockville, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; 1996.
14. Brown H, Prescott R. Repeated measures data. In: Applied mixed models in medicine. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons; 1999:199-260.
15. Kim WR, Gross JB Jr, Poterucha JJ, et al. Outcome of hospital care of liver disease associated with Hepatitis C in the United States. Hepatology. 2001;33:201-206.
16. Piette JD, Barnett PG, Moos RH. First-time admissions with alcohol-related medical problems: a 10-year follow-up of a national sample of alcoholic patients. J Stud Alcohol. 1998;59:89-96.