Impacts of common factors of life style on serum liver enzymes

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 33, 2014, Pages 11743-11752

  Danielsson, Joanna ^a   Kangastupa, Päivikki ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^b,c,d   Aalto, Mauri ^b   Niemelä, Onni ^a  

^a SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d North Karelia Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Alcohol; Liver enzymes; Obesity; Oxidative stress; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COFFEE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; COFFEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84909594663     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11743     Document Type: Article

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