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Serum Gamma‐glutamyltransferase: an epidemiological indicator of alcohol consumption?
Author(s) -
GJERDE H.,
AMUNDSEN A.,
SKOG O.J.,
MØRLAND J.,
AASLAND O. G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1987.tb01564.x
Subject(s) - gamma glutamyltransferase , alcohol consumption , alcohol , population , epidemiology , consumption (sociology) , environmental health , medicine , toxicology , chemistry , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , social science , sociology
Summary Relations between the alcohol consumption of a population and the prevalence of elevated serum gamma‐glutamyltransferase (GGT) were studied. Based on empirical data on the prevalance of elevated GGT within different alcohol consumption intervals and the Ledermann theory, relations between mean alcohol consumption of a population and GGT were deduced. Data from other studies were used to verify the relations. The results indicated that the percentage of subjects with elevated GGT in a selected population might be used to gain information about the alcohol consumption of the population.