Body mass index and serum aminotransferase levels in Korean men and women

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 869-875

  Sull, Jae Woong ^a,d   Yun, Ji Eun ^a   Lee, Sang Yi ^b,c   Ohrr, Heechoul ^b   Jee, Sun Ha ^a,d   Guallar, Eliseo ^d   Samet, Jonathan M ^d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Body mass index; Serum aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349678275     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181945956     Document Type: Article

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