Strenuous physical labor is important as a cause of elevated alanine aminotransferase levels in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C viremia

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-261

  Kubo, Norihiko ^a   Furusyo, Norihiro ^a,b   Nakashima, Hisashi ^b   Kashiwagi, Kenichiro ^b   Hayashi, Jun ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Cigarette smoking; Hepatitis C virus; Lifestyle habits; Physical labor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LIVER INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIREMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; VIREMIA;

EID: 17644423132     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-004-6516-5     Document Type: Article

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