Independent associations of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels with cardiovascular risk factor clustering in Chinese adolescents

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-122

  Kong, Alice P S ^a   Choi, Kai Chow ^a   Cockram, Clive S ^a   Ho, Chung Shun ^a   Chan, Michael H M ^a   Ozaki, Risa ^a   Wong, Gary W K ^a   Ko, Gary T C ^a   So, Wing Yee ^a   Tong, Peter C Y ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a   Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Chow, Francis C C ^a   Chan, Juliana C N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Cardiovascular risk factors; Chinese adolescents

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH SCHOOL; HOMEOSTASIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44649160653     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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