The effect of chronic alcohol consumption on the concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, total retinol, and retinol-binding protein in serum was studied in chronic alcoholics (n = 12) and controls (n = 19). Ethanol intake during the last year was 178 +/- 116 and 3.7 +/- 4.5 g/day, respectively (p less than 0.002). Of the alcoholics, 58% had a concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 below lower lim...

The authors conducted two studies to identify and to validate potential personality subtypes in the adolescent and adult children of alcoholics. As part of a broader NIMH-funded study, randomly selected psychologists and psychiatrists provided personality data on adolescent (n = 208) or adult (n = 349) children of alcoholics using a Q-sort procedure (Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure [SWAP]-I...

This study evaluates the relationship between having an alcoholic (i.e., alcohol-dependent) parent and the presence of a spouse with a similar diagnosis. Data relating to 708 men and 708 women, the parents of the questionnaire respondents, revealed that even after controlling for the increased rate of alcohol-dependent spouses among alcoholics, assortative mating appears to be associated with p...

common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths. A known risk factor for HCC is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a continuum hepatic disorders related to obesity metabolic syndrome. AIM: We conducted an observational study identify factors hepatocellular in patients with who came SMHRC Nagpur routine visit. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The included 300 people aged 35 85 ye...