Phosphatidylethanol Compared with Other Blood Tests as a Biomarker of Moderate Alcohol Consumption in Healthy Volunteers: A Prospective Randomized Study.

Stergios Kechagias, Dženeta Nezirević Dernroth, Anders Blomgren, Therese Hansson, Anders Isaksson, Lisa Walther, Robert Kronstrand, Bertil Kågedal, Fredrik H Nystrom

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Abstract

It is generally agreed that traditional alcohol biomarkers lack in sensitivity to detect hazardous alcohol consumption. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the ability of phosphatidylethanol (PEth) and traditional alcohol markers to detect moderate alcohol consumption and to distinguish between moderate alcohol consumption and abstinence.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)399-406
JournalAlcohol and Alcoholism
Volume50
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Substance Abuse

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