Citation

Brinkmann B, Beike J, Kohler H, Heinecke A, Bajanowski T. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2002; 66(1): 7-10.

Affiliation

Institute of Legal Medicine, Universitatsklinikum Munster, Von Esmarch-Strasse 62, D-48149, Munster, Germany. brinkma@uni-muenster.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11850130

Abstract

To discriminate 'alcoholics' and 'non-alcoholics', individual Alc-Indices (determined by methanol, acetone, 2-propanol, gamma-GT and CDT-concentrations) were calculated in a collective of 327 alcohol-impaired drivers with regard to the blood alcohol concentration, the time of the event and the age of the drivers. Applying this new defined Alc-Index, 48% of the drivers investigated could be characterised as alcohol dependent. The prevalence of alcoholics among individuals with blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) higher than 1.9per thousand was more than 80%. The diagnostic value of alcohol concentrations for the recognition of 'alcoholics', considering the legal limit in Germany (1.1per thousand) as well as statistically calculated limits, were compared to the Alc-Index.

Language: en