title: [Value of some biological variables for the diagnosis of alcoholism in a hospital population].
abstract: 279 male patients consecutively admitted to a medical ward were interviewed about their drinking habits using a CAGE-like questionnaire and were subdivided into teetotallers, normal-, borderline-, heavy-drinkers. The mean values of the following laboratory tests resulted significantly different in heavy drinkers compared with the others: mean cell volume, gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase, serum urea (BUN), SGOT, SGPT, total bilirubin. No significant difference was found for triglycerides, uric acid, albumin and gamma-globulins. Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values of positive test and negative test, "goodness" were calculated for each of the 6 above-mentioned tests. Each of them had a linear correlation (inverse for BUN, direct for the others) between amount of alcohol intake and level of the test.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maccari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zanoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vignoli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tramaloni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castagnetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fornaciari
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Plancher
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism*; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001663:Bilirubin
vernacular_title: Valore di alcune variabili biologiche per la diagnosi di alcoolismo in una popolazione ospedaliera.