Effect of Chronic Alcohol Consumption on Haematological and Cardiohepatic Function Markers Among Commercial Motor Cylists in Owerri, Nigeria

It is a common practice among commercial motor cyclists to take alcohol particularly in the early hours of the day with the notion to wade off cold. When in fact previous studies have indicted alcohol to potentiate hepatic damage and cause various damages to different organs of the body. Based on th...

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Published in:Biomedical & pharmacology journal 2009-06, Vol.2 (1), p.39
Main Authors: Igboh, N M, Agomuo, E N, Onwubiko, D, Onyesom, I, Maduagwuana, C A, UzuegbuI, U E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Albinism
Alcoholism
Alkaline phosphatase
Analgesics
Anticoagulants
Aspartate aminotransferase
Blood
Cell size
Cholesterol
Creatine
Creatine kinase
Cytochrome
Dehydrogenases
Enzymes
Free radicals
Hematology
Hemoglobin
L-Lactate dehydrogenase
Lactic acid
Leukocytes
Liver diseases
Lymphocytes
Metabolism
Methods
Oxidative stress
Phosphatase
Smoking
Tuberculosis
Variance analysis
Vitamin E
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Summary:It is a common practice among commercial motor cyclists to take alcohol particularly in the early hours of the day with the notion to wade off cold. When in fact previous studies have indicted alcohol to potentiate hepatic damage and cause various damages to different organs of the body. Based on this, we investigated the effect of chronic alcohol consumption in motor cyclists using some haematological indices together with some cardiohepatic parameters to determine any possible effect of alcohol in motorcyclists. The study involved 50 males age 26-35 years who take between 100-200mls of alcohol [74 to 148 grams (
ISSN:0974-6242
2456-2610