Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase as a risk factor for general cardiovascular disease prediction in Koreans

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1199-1203

  Kim, Kwang Min ^a   Kim, Bom Taeck ^a   Lee, Duck Joo ^a   Park, Sat Byul ^a   Joo, Nam Seok ^a   Kim, Kyu Nam ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Gamma glutamyltransferase; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; URIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; AGED; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; KOREAN (PEOPLE); PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85006116276     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: 17088267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/JIM.0b013e3182746752     Document Type: Article

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