Combined Associations of Liver Enzymes and Obesity With Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-based Cohort Study

Background: Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) are enzymes associated with diabetes mellitus (DM) prevalence. However, limited information is available regarding the association of liver enzymes and DM consistently present in obese and non-obese individuals. We exami...

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Main Authors: Fumi Itabashi, Takumi Hirata, Mana Kogure, Akira Narita, Naho Tsuchiya, Tomohiro Nakamura, Naoki Nakaya, Ryohei Sasaki, Nobuyuki Takanashi, Kiyomi Sakata, Kozo Tanno, Junichi Sugawara, Shinichi Kuriyama, Ichiro Tsuji, Shigeo Kure, Atsushi Hozawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2022-05-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/32/5/32_JE20200384/_pdf