Table 1 Patient Characteristics.

From: Utilizing %Carbohydrate-deficient Transferrin as a Biomarker to Complement Interviews in Stratifying Alcohol Consumption in Patients with Alcohol Dependence: Aiming for Application to Fatty Liver Disease

Alcohol consumption levels
Characteristics Small amount or less Moderate Excessive
(≤30 g/day for men 30-60 g/day for men ≤60 g/day for men
≤20 g/day for women 20-50 g/day for women ≤50 g/day for women)
Age (years) 58 ± 13 (a, b,****) 51 ± 13 51 ± 13
Male sex, n (%) 83, 89 (a, b,****) 39, 70 98, 72
BMI (kg/m2) 23.0 ± 4.2 22.3 ± 3.3 22.5 ± 3.9
AST (U/L) 30.5 ± 22.6 (b***) 35.7 ± 34.8 (c****) 58.6 ± 79.2
ALT (U/L) 14.4 ± 25.5 (a, b****) 28.6 ± 28.4 (c**) 41.0 ± 39.8
GGT (U/L) 93.5 ± 156.0 102.8 ± 189.7 219.2 ± 311.3
Bil (U/L) 0.74 ± 0.44 0.74 ± 0.79 0.83 ± 0.69
MCV (fL) 94.8 ± 5.5 94.7 ± 6.6 96.0 ± 7.1
CDT (%) 1.95 ± 1.12 (a*, b****) 2.44 ± 1.56 2.68 ± 1.37
GGT-CDT 3.97 ± 0.91 (b****) 4.13 ± 1.20 (c***) 4.86 ± 1.33
ALBI score -2.82 ± 0.46 -2.87 ± 0.56 (c*) -2.70 ± 0.49
FIB-4 index 1.59 ± 1.02 2.05 ± 2.76 (c*) 2.58 ± 2.65
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