title: Correlations of serum lipids and lipoproteins with gamma-glutamyltransferase and attitude to alcohol consumption.
abstract: The correlation of three markers of alcohol consumption: serum concentration of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GT), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-cholesterol), apolipoprotein AI (Apo AI), and the results of a questionnaire (Mm-MAST) designed to measure the attitude towards alcohol consumption were determined in a population of healthy men aged 48 years. Apo AI (r = 0.27) and GT (r = 0.31) were correlated (P less than 0.001) to the questionnaire score to a similar degree while the correlation between HDL-cholesterol and the questionnaire score was (r = 0.18), somewhat less good but statistically significant (P less than 0.01). There was no correlation between GT and HDL-cholesterol or Apo AI.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood* / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase