Association between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase level and prehypertension among US adults

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1567-1572

  Shankar, Anoop ^a   Li, Jialiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

GGT; Hypertension; NHANES; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34948881319     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.1567     Document Type: Article

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