Titre :
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Body weight, alcohol consumption and liver enzyme activity : a 4-year follow-up study. (2001)
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Auteurs :
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Duk-Hee LEE ;
David-C CHRISTIANI ;
Myung-Hwa HA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 30, n° 4, 2001)
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Pagination :
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766-770
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Poids corporel
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Consommation alimentaire
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Alcool
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Boisson alcoolisée
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Enzyme
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Foie
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Homme
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Epidémiologie
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Corée
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Asie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS MSPR0xjy. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background This prospective study was performed in order to investigate the effect of baseline body mass index (BMI), BMI changes, baseline alcohol consumption, and changes in alcohol consumption on liver enzyme activity. Methods This study population consisted of 6846 male workers in a steel manufacturing company who had undergone health examinations in 1994 and 1998. Results The risk for elevated both aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) values over the four years increased with the baseline BMI and BMI changes, but not with alcohol consumption. Compared with the subject BMI
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