Association between serum gamma-glutamyl transferase level and prehypertension among community-dwelling men

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-221

  Kawamoto, Ryuichi ^a   Kohara, Katsuhiko ^b   Tabara, Yasuharu ^b   Kusunoki, Tomo ^a   Otsuka, Nobuyuki ^a   Miki, Tetsuro ^b  

^a Nomura Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma glutamyl transferase; Hypertension; Japanese men; Prehypertension; Risk Factor

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59849119406     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.216.213     Document Type: Article

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