The population prevalence of adverse concentrations and associations with adiposity of liver tests among Australian adolescents

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 686-691

  Booth, Michael L ^a   George, Jacob ^b   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^a   Okely, Anthony D ^c   Hardy, Louise L ^a   Aitken, Robert ^a   Dobbins, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Alanine aminotransferase; Alkaline phosphatase; Aspartate aminotransferase; Body mass index; Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Gamma glutamyltransferase; Liver function tests; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 58149085720     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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