Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase is associated with arterial stiffness in healthy individuals

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-334

  Jung, Chang Hee ^a   Yu, Ji Hee ^a   Bae, Sung Jin ^a   Koh, Eun Hee ^a   Kim, Min Seon ^a   Park, Joong Yeol ^a   Kim, Hong Kyu ^a   Lee, Woo Je ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE WAVE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79961214387     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04060.x     Document Type: Article

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