Association between serum γ-glutamyltranspeptidase and atherosclerosis: a population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between serum γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) as an indicator for atherosclerosis in Japanese men and women after adjusting for fatty liver.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

A health check-up centre in Japan.

Participants

912 Japanese men and women aged 24-84 years recruited from people who received a medical health check-up programme with a standardised questionnaire and an automatic waveform analyser to measure baPWV.

Main outcome measures

We measured serum GGT concentrations and baPWV. Fatty liver was diagnosed by standardised criteria using abdominal ultrasonography. The postmenopausal state was defined as beginning 1 year after

SUBMITTER: Fukuda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4187458 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature