OXTR and alcohol dependence: However, OXTR levels were not significantly associated with markers of alcohol dependence history or severity (alcohol concentration at admission, number of previous withdrawal treatments, lifetime and daily ethanol consumption, and liver parameters (glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activities; data not shown) and had thus a predictive value independent from easily accessible markers in clinical practice.