RK Schindhelm, M Diamant, JM Dekker, ME … - Diabetes/Metabolism Reviews - interscience.wiley.com For a long time, hepatic steatosis was believed to be a benign condition. Only
recently, liver steatosis, also termed non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
(NAFLD), has gained much interest. In most cases of NAFLD, a condition ... Cited by 63 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►clinchem.org Y Chang, S Ryu, E Sung, Y Jang - Clinical chemistry, 2007 - Am Assoc Clin Chem Methods: The study cohort comprised 5237 healthy men without diagnosed NAFLD and
without increases of either ALT ( 35 U/L) or -glutamyltransferase (GGT; 40 U/L)
above the reference intervals. We assessed alcohol intake via ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
N Sattar, A McConnachie, I Ford, A Gaw, SJ … - Diabetes, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc To examine metabolic changes (lipids, liver enzymes, blood pressure, and weight)
potentially associated with conversion to diabetes, we analyzed serial glucose
and other metabolic measures obtained every 6 months within the West of ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nursing2008.com N Sattar - Current opinion in lipidology, 2006 - journals.lww.com Purpose of review: Many studies have recommended use of metabolic syndrome as an
'alternative' means to assess vascular disease risk, but few have been rigorous,
leading to confusion amongst physicians regarding risk screening. This ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►ahajournals.org A Fraser, R Harris, N Sattar, S Ebrahim, GD … - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Associations of GGT and ALT with incident CHD, stroke,
and a combined outcome of CHD or stroke were examined in the British Women's
Heart and Health study (n=2961), and a meta-analysis of population based ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - All 7 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org AJG Hanley, LE Wagenknecht, A Festa, RB D' … - Diabetes Care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS— ALT was associated with S i after adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity,
impaired fasting glucose, triglycerides, HDL, blood pressure, and waist
(clinical model) (P < 0.0001). The association remained significant after ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
W Goessling, JM Massaro, RS Vasan, RB D' … - Gastroenterology, 2008 - Elsevier Among individuals at baseline, per 1 standard deviation increase in log ALT
level, there were increased odds of the development of MetS (odds ratio [OR]
1.21, P < .001) and diabetes (OR, 1.48; P < .0001) over 20 years of ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - All 2 versions
- ►ahajournals.org SM Grundy - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc High levels of GGT have been associated in populations with increased risk of
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). 5,6 In the current issue of
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, Lee et al 7 report that ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - All 7 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org NH Cho, HC Jang, SH Choi, HR Kim, HK Lee, … - Diabetes care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc Increased activities of liver enzymes such as aspartate aminotransferase (AST),
alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) are
indicators of hepatocellular injury. Increased activity of these markers is ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
