Low aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase ratio is a predictor of diabetes incidence in Japanese people: Population-based Panasonic cohort study 5.

The cut-off values of ALT and the AST/ALT ratio associated with the risk of incident type 2 DM were determined. Non-obese individuals with AST/ALT ≤0.875 had a higher risk of incident type 2 DM than obese individuals with AST/ALT >0.875.