rufus
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Hi All , I have a medical coming up and have been doing a bit of research into the CDT test
I have found an article which links a lack of iron will increase your CDT (a false positive ) so I presume taking iron supplements will help with this, anybody else come across this to verify.
[h=1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10051465[/h]
main conclusion is "in conclusion, CDT serum levels are markedly affected by the patient's iron status, with iron overload reducing its sensitivity in alcohol abusers and iron deficiency its specificity in nonabusers. CDT can be considered a reliable marker of alcohol abuse only when iron stores are normal."
I have found an article which links a lack of iron will increase your CDT (a false positive ) so I presume taking iron supplements will help with this, anybody else come across this to verify.
[h=1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10051465[/h]
main conclusion is "in conclusion, CDT serum levels are markedly affected by the patient's iron status, with iron overload reducing its sensitivity in alcohol abusers and iron deficiency its specificity in nonabusers. CDT can be considered a reliable marker of alcohol abuse only when iron stores are normal."