Gamma-glutamyltransferase, insulin resistance and cardiometabolic risk profile in a middle-aged African population

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1541-1548

  Matsha, Tandi Edith ^a   Macharia, Muiruri ^b   Yako, Yandiswa Yolanda ^a   Erasmus, Rajiv Timothy ^b   Hassan, Mogamat Shafick ^a   Kengne, Andre Pascal ^c  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk; Gamma glutamyltransferase; insulin resistance; metabolic syndrome; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; QUANTITATIVE INSULIN SENSITIVITY CHECK INDEX; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICAN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UPREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886686892     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487313501967     Document Type: Article

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