Relation of coffee consumption and serum liver enzymes in Japanese men and women with reference to effect modification of alcohol use and body mass index

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-179

  Ikeda, Mizuko ^a   Maki, Takako ^a   Yin, Guang ^a   Kawate, Hisaya ^a   Adachi, Masahiro ^a   Ohnaka, Keizo ^a   Takayanagi, Ryoichi ^a   Kono, Suminori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Alcohol drinking; Aspartate aminotransferase; Beverages; Gammaglutamyltransferase; Overweight

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COFFEE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEA;

AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY MASS INDEX; COFFEE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77951485927     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365511003650165     Document Type: Article

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