Waist circumference, body mass index, serum uric acid, blood sugar, and triglyceride levels are important risk factors for abnormal liver function tests in the Taiwanese population

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 470-476

  Hsieh, Meng Hsuan ^a   Lin, Wen Yi ^b   Chien, Hsu Han ^c   Chien, Li Ho ^b   Huang, Chao Kuan ^b   Yang, Jeng Fu ^a   Chang, Ning Chia ^b   Huang, Chung Feng ^c   Wang, Chao Ling ^a   Chuang, Wan Long ^a,d   Yu, Ming Lung ^c,d   Dai, Chia Yen ^a,d   Ho, Chi Kung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL TA TUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Body mass index; Uric acid; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; SUGAR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84866149655     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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