γ-glutamyltranspeptidase and incident stroke among japanese men and women: The circulatory risk in communities study (CIRCS)

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-388

  Shimizu, Yuji ^a,b   Imano, Hironori ^b   Ohira, Tetsuya ^a,b   Kitamura, Akihiko ^b   Kiyama, Masahiko ^b   Okada, Takeo ^b   Sato, Shinichi ^b,c   Shimamoto, Takashi ^b   Yamagishi, Kazumasa ^d   Tanigawa, Takeshi ^e   Iso, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c CHIBA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

glutamyltransferase; Never drinker; Prospective study; Stroke incidence

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; ALCOHOLISM; ASIAN; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 77449124679     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.569061     Document Type: Article

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