Items for "fermented alcohol"

Beverage-specific effects of ethanol consumption on its biological markers

Background: Serum ?-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume (MCV) are well-known biological markers of excessive ethanol consumption.

Methods: The beverage-specific effects of ethanol consumption on GGT level and MCV value were analyzed cross-sectionally and retrospectively among middle-aged Japanese men who underwent a retirement health checkup (n=974).

Results: Both the consumption of distilled alcohol and that of fermented alcohol positively correlated with the logarithm of GGT [standard regression coefficient (?) 0.261 and 0.174, respectively]...

Keywords: alcohol, fermented alcohol, ?-glutamyltransferase, mean corpuscular volume, spirits