Health Condition 1: null- alcoholic liver disease
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: no drugs/ intervention used. serum parameters were determined: copper, ceruloplasmin, total antioxidant capacity, iron and total iron binding capacity were determined in cases
Sponsors
Father Muller Medical college hospital
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 50 male patients diagnosed with alcoholic liver disease will be recruited randomly for the study over a period of 1 year. Diagnosis, medical history, relevant clinical findings and liver function tests will be obtained from the clinical case files. Alcohol consumption related data will be obtained by using AUDIT which is a screening questionnaire for detailed alcohol use history. Controls include thirty age-matched normal, apparently healthy males. CAGE questionnaire will be administered to volunteers to exclude those with problem drinking.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: I. Patients younger than 30 yrs and older than 80 yrs II. Patients with renal disease, smokers, tobacco chewers, on exogenous steroid or suffering from any other systemic illness (infections, malignancies, respiratory diseases) will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| serum parameters yet to be changedTimepoint: serum parameters yet to be changed | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| not applicableTimepoint: not applicable | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Malathi M
Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore
Outcome results
None listed