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Table 5 Alcohol biomarker availability and levels

From: Alcohol and premature death in Estonian men: a study of forensic autopsies using novel biomarkers and proxy informants

Biomarker, units

Number

% of all

autopsies

(N = 595)

Median

Range

Ethanol (blood), mg/g

564

94.8

0.78

0-6.59

Ethanol (urine), mg/g

437

73.4

1.51

0-6.14

AST (serum), U/L

364

61.2

1014

59-28790

ALT (serum), U/L

364

61.2

792

8-42580

GGT (serum), U/L

365

61.3

92

15-1884

PEth (blood), μmol/L

245

42.2

9.8

0-121.5

EtG (urine), mg/L

157

26.4

79

0-2699

EtS (urine), mg/L

157

26.4

22

0-480

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