Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase level and peripheral arterial disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-109

  Shankar, Anoop ^a   Li, Jialiang ^b   Klein, Barbara E K ^c   Javier Nieto, F ^c   Klein, Ronald ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ABI; Ankle brachial index; GGT; NHANES; PAD; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46149125911     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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