[Level of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin according to age and gender in the Hungarian population].
The quantity of usual alcohol consumption is a concrete date which can be determined at the anamnesis of patients according to the patient-doctor discussion. In many cases the patients do not inform the doctors in details, in some cases they do want to take it in secret. In these cases the carbohydrate-deficient transferrin can be the most reliable indicator.


OBJECTIVE
Determination of the concentration of CDT in healthy population.


METHODS
The authors carried out their investigations in a small Hungarian town (Enese). 409 individuals (mean age: 49.7 years) were involved in the trial. Among them 204 men (mean age: 49.3) and 205 women (mean age: 50.3 years) were found. The persons were divided into two parts: 1. those who do not drink alcoholic beverages at all or only in small quantities (< 40 g/day) and 2. those who drink about 40-60 g alcohol/day, as so-called social drinkers. The quantity of CDT was measured by turbidimetric methods with Roche/Hitachi Modular P 912 automatic equipment (Roche, USA).


RESULTS
The values of CDT increased with the age of persons in parallel, it was significantly higher in the individuals with the age of 45-65 than in those below 25 years. In female persons under 45 they found significantly lower levels than in male individuals. In social drinkers (between 40-60 g alcohol/day) the values were higher in all the ages, than in persons not drinking alcoholic beverages, and in the age between 45-65 the levels were significantly higher than in the younger groups. Among them men had higher values than women.


CONCLUSIONS
The value of CDT increases with the age, social alcoholic consumption does enhance the concentration, too.
Szabó
György
G
Háziorvosi Szolgálat Enese.
Környei
László
L
Keller
Eva
E
Lengyel
Gabriella
G
Fehér
János
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D014168:Transferrin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
D015415:Biomarkers; D014168:Transferrin; C056759:carbohydrate-deficient transferrin