Aminotransferase activity in morbid and uncomplicated obesity: Predictive role of fasting insulin

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 442-447

  Iacobellis, Gianluca ^a   Moschetta, Antonio ^b   Buzzetti, Raffaella ^a   Ribaudo, Maria Cristina ^a   Baroni, Marco Giorgio ^a   Leonetti, Frida ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Liver enzymes; Serum alanine aminotransferase activity; Uncomplicated obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; TRANSAMINASES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34447514240     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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