Determinants of γ-glutamyltransferase: Positive interaction with alcohol and body mass index, negative association with coffee

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1019-1024

  Poikolainen, Kari ^a   Vartiainen, Erkki ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cholesterol; Coffee; Gamma glutamyltransferase; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY;

EID: 0031459035     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009230     Document Type: Article

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