Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and the risk of hyperuricemia: A 6-year prospective study in japanese men

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 966-974

  Nakamura, K ^a   Sakurai, M ^a   Miura, K ^b   Morikawa, Y ^a   Nagasawa, S ^a   Ishizaki, M ^a   Kido, T ^c   Naruse, Y ^d   Suwazono, Y ^e   Nakagawa, H ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alanine aminotransferase; aspartate aminotransferase; epidemiology; gamma glutamyltransferase; hyperuricemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871241191     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1321788     Document Type: Article

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