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Sensitivity and specificity of biomarkers in detecting harmful or heavy alcohol consumption[105-107]
| Biomarker | AST | ALT | MCV | CDT | CDT + GGT | CDT + GGT + MCV |
| Sensitivity | 47%-68% | 32%-50% | 45%-48% | 63%-84% | 83%-90% | 88% |
| Specificity | 80%-95% | 87%-92% | 52%-94% | 92%-98% | 95%-98% | 95% |
AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; CDT: Carbohydrate-deficient transferring; GGT: Gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase.
