Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 683-689, May 2010

Longitudinal increase in γ-glutamyltransferase within the reference interval predicts metabolic syndrome in middle-aged Korean men

  • Seungho Ryu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea
    • S. Ryu and Y. Chang should be considered as first author.
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  • Yoosoo Chang

      Affiliations

    • Health Screening Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea
    • S. Ryu and Y. Chang should be considered as first author.
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  • Hee-Yeon Woo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea
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  • Sang-Ho Yoo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, School of Medicine, Anyang 431-070, South Korea
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  • Nam-Kyong Choi

      Affiliations

    • Seoul National University Medical Research Center/Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, South Korea
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  • Won-Young Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul 110-746, South Korea
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  • Inah Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University, School of Medicine, Daejeon 302-799, South Korea
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  • Jaechul Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, 133-791, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Korea. Tel.: +82 2 2220 0663; fax: +82 2 2220 0663.

Received 5 September 2008; accepted 19 August 2009. published online 19 November 2009.

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PII: S0026-0495(09)00401-6

doi:10.1016/j.metabol.2009.08.024

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 59, Issue 5 , Pages 683-689, May 2010