Letter regarding article by Ruttmann et al, "γ- glutamyltransferase as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality: An epidemiological investigation in a cohort of 163 944 Austrian adults" [1]

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Giral, Philippe ^a   Ratziu, Vlad ^a   Chapman, John C ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AUSTRIA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; LETTER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33645320600     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.594176     Document Type: Letter

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