Article
Tobacco smoking and other factors in relation to serum alpha-1-antitrypsin.
Human biology - 1 Jun 1993
Petridou E, Chapuis-Cellier C, Roukas K, Lan S J, Tzonou A, Trichopoulos D
Abstract excerpt
Serum levels of alpha-1-antitrypsin were measured by radial immunodiffusion, and phenotypes were determined by electrofocusing in acrylamide gel in 160 subjects who were used as controls in a case-control study of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The results were studied in relation to age, sex, diagnostic category, tobacco smoking, consumption of alcoholic beverages, presence of hepatitis B surface antigen...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Alcohol Drinking
- Bias
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
- Humans
- Immunodiffusion
- Isoelectric Focusing
