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ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM
卷 55, 期 2, 页码 164-170出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agaa001
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- Institutional Development Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [P20GM113226]
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health [P50AA024337]
- V.A. [1I01BX002996-01A2]
- [Z99-AA999999]
- [U01-AA026936-02]
- [U01AA026980-2]
- [1R01AA023681-05]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM [ZIAAA000466] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Aim: Chronic heavy alcohol intake frequently causes liver inflammation/injury, and altered mineral metabolism may be involved in this liver pathology. In this study, we evaluated the association of heavy drinking, changes in serum magnesium levels and biochemical evidence of liver injury in alcohol-use-disorder (AUD) patients who had no clinical signs or symptoms of liver injury. We also aimed to identify any sex-based differences in patients with mild or no biochemical evidence of liver injury induced by heavy drinking. Methods: 114 heavy drinking alcohol-dependent (AD) female and male patients aged 21-65 years without clinical manifestations of liver injury, who were admitted to an alcohol treatment program, were grouped by alanine aminotransaminase (ALT) levels: <= 40 IU/L, as no liver injury (GR.1), and ALT>40 IU/L as mild liver injury (GR.2). Patients were actively drinking until the day of admission. Comprehensive metabolic biochemistry results, fatty acid panel, serum magnesium and drinking history data were collected at admission; and study-specific measures were evaluated. Results: In all AD patients, lower magnesium was significantly associated with the heavy drinking marker and heavy drinking days past 90 days (HDD90). A lower serum magnesium concentration was observed in AD patients with mild liver injury. Females of both groups had mean levels of magnesium in the deficient range. A clinically significant drop in magnesium levels was observed only in the GR.2 (mild liver injury) male AD patients. Females showed a significant association between low magnesium levels and the omega 6:omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) ratio. Conclusions: Specific heavy drinking markers showed an association with lower magnesium levels. Low serum magnesium levels are common in subjects with AUD and appear to be associated with the onset of liver injury.
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