Association between serum γ-glutamyltransferase and chronic kidney disease among us adults

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Teppala, Srinivas ^a   Shankar, Anoop ^a   Li, Jialiang ^b   Wong, Tien Yin ^b,c   Ducatman, Alan ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glutamyltransferase; Chronic kidney disease; NHANES

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74249091380     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000274463     Document Type: Article

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