abstract bckground: patients with obstructive sleep apnea (osa) are at risk of developing the fatty liver as a result of being overweight. several studies suggest that osa per se could be a risk factor for liver injury and ischemic hepatitis with osa. the osa is an independent risk factor for insulin resistance. therefore, we investigated liver enzymes and insulin resistance in patients with os...

effects of ambient copper was investigated on serum stress markers, sodium and enzyme levels in common carp ( cyprinus carpio l.) over a 14-d exposure period. fish were exposed to 0, 25 and 100 μg l -1 copper (as copper sulfate) and blood was sampled at 0, 3, 7 and 14 d after exposure. serum profile was significantly affected by copper concentration, sampling time and their interaction. increas...

background: increasing evidence suggests an association between ele­vated serum aminotransferase levels and metabolic disorders (metabolic syndrome, hyperlipemia and diabetes mellitus). however, the significance of relatively low levels of aminotransferases in relation to metabolic disorders has not been fully investigated in the general population. we inves­tigated the association between seru...

conclusions it seems that hp eradication per se might not affect lfc, lft, lipid profile, and insulin resistance in dyspeptic nafld patients. results one hundred (49 males) patients with the mean age of 43.46 (± 11.52) were studied. repeated measure anova showed a significant reduction in lfc, anthropometric measurements, and laboratory parameters (except for hdl) in the both groups during the ...

Low adiponectin levels are associated with elevated plasma alanine aminotransferase, a marker of reduced hepatic insulin sensitivity and a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. This study aims to determine the relationship between serum adiponectin level and alanine aminotransferase in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. Fifty-six type 2 diabetic patients and 33 non-diabetic subjects participate in ...

Dexamethasone induces the synthesis of tyrosine aminotransferase in hepatoma tissue culture (HTC) cells, an established line of rat hepatoma cells in tissue culture. The addition of insulin or dialyzed serum to cells previously induced with dexamethasone in a serum-free medium causes a further doubling in tyrosine aminotransferase activity, which is not dependent on concomitant RNA synthesis. T...

There is little information on how the change in serum aminotransferase affects mortality. We investigated the association between changes in serum aminotransferase levels and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and liver disease.Three percent of men from the Korean National Health Insurance database were sampled randomly at the end of 2002. After excluding patients with ca...

Background and Purpose—Serum aminotransferase levels are known to be associated with cardiovascular risk factors, but the relation with stroke incidence is not well known. We investigated the relation between serum aminotransferase levels and the incidence of stroke. Methods—We measured serum aspartate and alanine aminotransferase levels and traditional cardiovascular risk factors in 108 464 Ko...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Serum aminotransferase levels are known to be associated with cardiovascular risk factors, but the relation with stroke incidence is not well known. We investigated the relation between serum aminotransferase levels and the incidence of stroke. METHODS We measured serum aspartate and alanine aminotransferase levels and traditional cardiovascular risk factors in 108 464 ...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to determine the serum aminotransferase levels of patients with predialysis chronic kidney disease and establish their relationships with serum creatinine levels and glomerular filtration rate. METHODS Patients with chronic kidney disease were evaluated between September 2011 and May 2012. Aminotransferase and creatinine serum levels were measured using an automate...