Relationship between γ-glutamyltransferase, fasting plasma glucose, and triglycerides in the general population [2]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1866-1867

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Targher, Giovanni ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34848863388     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.091512     Document Type: Letter

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