CONCENTRATIONS OF CARBOHYDRATE-DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN IN DIALYSED PLASMA FROM DRUNKEN DRIVERS

Serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (cdt) has previously been found to be a sensitive and specific biological market of excessive alcohol consumption. In order to study the prevalence of excessive drinking among arrested drunken drivers, cdt was measured in plasma samples from 50 drunken drivers after dialysis against 0.9 percent nacl. 60 percent of the drivers had elevated cdt. When data on cdt from other studies were used to interpret our cdt results, it was estimated that at least 60 percent of the drunken drivers were consuming at least 50 g pure alcohol per day. Drunken drivers involved in road traffic accidents tended to have higher cdt values than other drunken drivers, indicating a higher alcohol consumption, while drivers below 30 years of age had lower cdt values than older ones. (a*)

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• Authors:
  • GJERDE, H
  • MOERLAND, J
• Publication Date: 1987

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 271-6
• Serial:
  • Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISSN: 0735-0414
  • EISSN: 1464-3502
  • Serial URL: http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Blood alcohol levels; Chemical analysis; Crash rates; Drivers; Intoxication; Measurement; Test procedures
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1757: Age; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 7163: Chemical analysis; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 6136: Measurement; 6288: Test method
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00482240
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM