Effect of Age and Gender on the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Serum GGT: Time to Recalibrate Goals for Normal Ranges | Zendy

Joanna Tynjälä | Zendy; Päivikki Kangastupa | Zendy; Tiina Laatikainen | Zendy; Mauri Aalto | Zendy; Onni Niemelä | Zendy

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Effect of Age and Gender on the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Serum GGT: Time to Recalibrate Goals for Normal Ranges

Author(s) -

Joanna Tynjälä,

Päivikki Kangastupa,

Tiina Laatikainen,

Mauri Aalto,

Onni Niemelä

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

alcohol and alcoholism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1464-3502

pISSN - 0735-0414

DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/ags072

Subject(s) - medicine , alcohol , population , ethanol , alcohol consumption , gamma glutamyltransferase , body mass index , biomarker , physiology , endocrinology , environmental health , enzyme , chemistry , biochemistry

While serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) enzyme activity is a well established biomarker of excessive alcohol consumption and liver dysfunction, recent studies have also implicated it as a predictor of morbidity due to extrahepatic causes. Therefore, further information on the associations between ethanol intake and GGT activities in apparently healthy individuals appears warranted.

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