THE TROMSO STUDY: DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION DETERMINANTS OF GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE

• Main Authors: NILSSEN, ODD, FØRDE, OLAV HELGE, BRENN, TORMOD
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1990
• Subjects: ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS; Norway; Tromso
• Online Access: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/132/2/318

Gamma-glutamyltransferase was measured in 10,942 males aged 12–62 years and 10,840 females aged 12–59 years screened in a hearth survey program. The distribution was right-skewed, with medians of 17 and 12 units/liter for males and females, respectively. Fewer than 5.5% of the males and 1.5% of the...