Open Accessγ-glutamyl transpeptidase in men and alanine aminotransferase in women are the most suitable parameters among liver function tests for the prediction of metabolic syndrome in nonviral hepatitis and nonfatty liver in the elderly
Author(s) -
Dee Pei,
Te Lin Hsia,
Ting Ting Chao,
Jiunn Diann Lin,
Chiun Hsu,
Chung Ze Wu,
Chang Hsun Hsieh,
Yao Jen Liang,
YenLin Chen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.157564
Subject(s) - medicine , metabolic syndrome , hazard ratio , liver function tests , alanine aminotransferase , proportional hazards model , liver function , liver disease , gastroenterology , fatty liver , alanine transaminase , confidence interval , endocrinology , disease , obesity
Nonalchoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been reported as a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome (MetS); it is common and accounts for 80% of the cases with abnormal liver function tests (LFTs). In addition, several studies have proved that there is a correlation between abnormal LFTs and MetS. Therefore, LFTs may represent the abnormal metabolic status of livers in the patients with MetS. To identify the early state of metabolic dysfunction, we investigate the value of LFTs for the future MetS development in the relatively healthy (non-NAFLD) elderly.