High serum carotenoids are inversely associated with serum gamma-glutamyl-transferase in alcohol drinkers within normal liver function

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 180-186

  Sugiura, Minoru ^a   Nakamura, Mieko ^b   Ikoma, Yoshinori ^a   Yano, Masamichi ^a   Ogawa, Kazunori ^a   Matsumoto, Hikaru ^a   Kato, Masaya ^a   Ohshima, Makoto ^a   Nagao, Akihiko ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Carotenoids; Cross sectional studies; Gamma glutamyltransferase; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAROTENOIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27744532849     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.15.180     Document Type: Article

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