Takumi Hirata, Aya Higashiyama, Yoshimi Kubota, Daisuke Sugiyama, Kazuyo Kuwabara, Yukako Tatsumi, Aya Hirata, Yoko Nishida, Aya Kadota, Hironori Imano, Tomofumi Nishikawa, Naomi Miyamatsu, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Tomonori Okamura
Individuals with an inactive acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 have an. elevated level of serum acetaldehyde after drinking alcohol, and this may cause an alcohol flushing response with symptoms such as facial flushing, tachycardia, headache, and nausea. Recent studies have suggested that the flushing response influences the association between alcohol consumption and various health-related outcomes. In the present study, we investigated the impact of the flushing response on the relationship between alcohol consumption and serum y -GTP levels in Japanese drinkers...
June 2016: Japanese Journal of Alcohol Studies & Drug Dependence