Serum liver enzymes are associated with all-cause mortality in an elderly population

Liver International

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-304

  Koehler, Edith M ^a   Sanna, Donatella ^a   Hansen, Bettina E ^a   van Rooij, Frank J ^a   Heeringa, Jan ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   Stricker, Bruno H ^a   Schouten, Jeoffrey N L ^a   Janssen, Harry L A ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Aminotransferases; Elderly; Epidemiology; Gamma glutamyltransferase; Liver enzymes; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASES; ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYMES; MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84891829125     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12311     Document Type: Article

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