Association of alanine aminotransferase concentration with cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents: the CASPIAN-V cross-sectional study.
Roya KelishadiMostafa QorbaniRamin HeshmatNazgol Motamed-GorjiMohammad Esmaeil MotlaghHasan ZiaodiniMajzoubeh TaheriGita ShafieeTahereh AminaeeZeinab AhadiMotahar Heidari-BeniPublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2019)
This large population-based study revealed that some cardiometabolic risk factors were significantly associated with ALT levels. These findings suggest that an association with fatty liver is an underlying mechanism for development of cardiometabolic risk factors.
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