Table 2.

Total and sex-specific correlations of peripheral S-ASM activity with blood parameters altered in alcohol-dependent patients.

Parameter	Patients		Controls		Patients				Controls
					♂		♀		♂		♀
	Rho	p	Rho	p	Rho	p	Rho	p	Rho	p	Rho	p
GGT	0.373	5.6 × 10−8	0.254	7.0 × 10−5	0.327	4.4 × 10−4	0.378	3.1 × 10−4	0.217	0.012	0.307	0.001
ALT	0.373	5.4 × 10−8	0.170	0.008	0.327	4.0 × 10−4	0.368	4.6 × 10−4	0.124	0.154	0.177	0.068
AST	0.499	5.4 × 10−14	0.122	0.060	0.465	2.2 × 10−7	0.524	1.9 × 10−7	0.092	0.291	0.093	0.340
CDT	0.378	3.4 × 10−8	−0.062	0.341	0.311	7.9 × 10−4	0.400	1.2 × 10−4	0.030	0.732	−0.162	0.095
MCV	0.172	0.016	0.139	0.032	0.154	0.104	0.248	0.022	0.170	0.050	0.085	0.388
Homocysteine	0.304	1.1 × 10−5	0.142	0.028	0.369	5.7 × 10−5	0.201	0.062	0.123	0.158	0.092	0.347
CK	0.218	0.002	0.008	0.902	0.167	0.076	0.228	0.033	0.015	0.868	−0.114	0.243
Leukocytes	−0.152	0.033	0.145	0.025	−0.248	0.008	−0.059	0.591	0.093	0.287	0.209	0.032
Thrombocytes	−0.292	3.0 × 10−5	0.015	0.812	−0.229	0.015	−0.365	6.0 × 10−4	0.030	0.732	0.070	0.475
Triglycerides	−0.214	0.002	0.126	0.052	−0.233	0.013	−0.188	0.082	−0.004	0.965	0.252	0.009
Cholesterol	0.055	0.435	0.027	0.679	0.097	0.308	0.022	0.838	0.034	0.698	0.058	0.551
HDL cholesterol	0.229	0.001	0.004	0.954	0.272	0.004	0.215	0.045	0.139	0.112	−0.086	0.379
LDL cholesterol	−0.050	0.485	0.017	0.797	−0.035	0.715	−0.072	0.509	−0.034	0.700	0.081	0.405

Rho and p-values from Spearman correlations. p < 0.05 in bold. S-ASM: secretory acid sphingomyelinase, GGT: gamma-glutamyl transferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase (glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, GPT), AST: aspartate aminotransferase (glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, GOT), CDT: carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, CK: creatine kinase, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein.