title: Comparison of hepatic enzymes between Japanese men with and without metabolic syndrome.
abstract: We compared the levels of hepatic enzymes in 220 Japanese men with metabolic syndrome with those in age and sex-matched subjects without the syndrome. Metabolic syndrome was defi ned by the new criteria published in Japan, and hepatic enzymes, i.e., aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gammaGTP), were measured. AST, ALT and gammaGTP in subjects with metabolic syndrome were significantly higher than those in subjects without the syndrome, and metabolic syndrome was closely associated with hepatic enzymes in this cohort of Japanese men.
authors.affiliation: Okayama Southern Institute of Health, Okayama 700-0952, Japan. center@okakenko.jp
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyatake
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Takeyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Numata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism*; D044466:Asian People; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase