The diagnostic accuracy of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, sialic acid and commonly used markers of alcohol abuse during abstinence

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
1968331	Clinica Chimica Acta	2006	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

We conclude that the diagnostic accuracy for tested laboratory markers depends on the self-reported time of abstinence being the highest for CDT in the first week of abstinence. The accuracy of sialic acid was observed between GGT and ALT.

Keywords

GGT Transferrin ROC ALT CDT MCV AUC γ-glutamyltransferase AST Aspartate aminotransferase Alanine aminotransferase Abstinence Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin Mean corpuscular volume Diagnostic accuracy Sialic acid area under curve receiver operating characteristic