Reported alcohol consumption and the serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin test in third-year medical students

The serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) test was performed on 143 third-year medical students along with questionnaires for the self-reporting of alcohol consumption during the last 2 weeks, the last 6 months, and questions on any alcohol-related untoward events. We found that the CDT tes...

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Published in:Clinica chimica acta 1998-08, Vol.276 (2), p.129-141
Main Authors: Lott, John A, Curtis, Louise W, Thompson, Arlene, Gechlik, Gary A, Rund, Douglas A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents
Adult
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol Drinking - blood
Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning
Binge drinking
Biological and medical sciences
Biomarkers
Clinical Chemistry Tests - methods
Clinical Chemistry Tests - standards
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Prevalence
Quality Control
Radioimmunoassay
Reference values
Reproducibility of Results
Self-reported drinking
Sensitivity and Specificity
Surveys and Questionnaires
Toxicology
Transferrin - analogs & derivatives
Transferrin - analysis
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Summary:The serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) test was performed on 143 third-year medical students along with questionnaires for the self-reporting of alcohol consumption during the last 2 weeks, the last 6 months, and questions on any alcohol-related untoward events. We found that the CDT test has poor sensitivity for detecting binge drinking in our population of students, despite some likely under-reporting of drinking. Self-reporting of drinking is commonly unreliable, and we found no significant correlation between the CDT concentrations in serum and the magnitude of self-reported alcohol use during 2-week and 6-month periods. Hangover was by far the commonest self-reported untoward event, and there was a highly significant relationship ( P
ISSN:0009-8981
1873-3492
DOI:10.1016/S0009-8981(98)00096-5