Coffee consumption and decreased serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and aminotransferase activities among male alcohol drinkers | Zendy

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Coffee consumption and decreased serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and aminotransferase activities among male alcohol drinkers

Author(s) -

Keitaro Tanaka

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/27.3.438

Subject(s) - confounding , caffeine , alcohol , gamma glutamyltransferase , alanine aminotransferase , medicine , body mass index , epidemiology , cirrhosis , physiology , liver disease , alcoholic liver disease , environmental health , endocrinology , enzyme , biology , biochemistry

Attention has long been drawn to the potentially harmful effects of coffee on health, however recent epidemiological studies have suggested unexpected, possibly beneficial effects of coffee against the occurrence of alcoholic liver cirrhosis and upon serum liver enzyme levels.

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