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Elevation of Serum Aminotransferase Levels and Future Risk of Death from External Causes: A Prospective Cohort Study in Korea

Authors
 Jungwoo Sohn  ;  Dae Ryong Kang  ;  Hyeon Chang Kim  ;  Jaelim Cho  ;  Yoon Jung Choi  ;  Changsoo Kim  ;  Il Suh 
Citation
 YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, Vol.56(6) : 1582-1589, 2015 
Journal Title
YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN
 0513-5796 
Issue Date
2015
MeSH
Adult ; Alanine Transaminase/blood* ; Alanine Transaminase/metabolism ; Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood* ; Aspartate Aminotransferases/metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mortality* ; Population Surveillance* ; Proportional Hazards Models ; Prospective Studies ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Risk
Keywords
Liver enzymes ; cardiovascular disease ; external-cause mortality ; hepatic disease
Abstract
PURPOSE: The association between liver enzymes and death from external causes has not been examined. We investigated the association between serum aminotransferase levels and external-cause mortality in a large prospective cohort study.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 142322 subjects of 35-59 years of age who completed baseline examinations in 1990 and 1992 were enrolled. Mortalities were identified using death certificates. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) levels were categorized into quintiles. Sub-distribution hazards ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using a competing risks regression model in which deaths from other causes were treated as competing risks.
RESULTS: Of 8808 deaths, 1111 (12.6%) were due to external causes. Injury accounted for 256 deaths, and suicide accounted for 255. After adjusting for covariates, elevated ALT and AST were significantly associated with an increased risk of all external-cause mortalities, as well as suicide and injury. Sub-distribution hazards ratios (95% CIs) of the highest versus the lowest quintiles of serum ALT and AST were, respectively, 1.57 (1.26-1.95) and 1.45 (1.20-1.76) for all external causes, 2.73 (1.68-4.46) and 1.75 (1.15-2.66) for suicide, and 1.79 (1.10-2.90) and 1.85 (1.21-2.82) for injury. The risk of external-cause mortality was also significantly higher in the fourth quintile of ALT (21.6-27.5 IU/L) than in its first quintile.
CONCLUSION: Elevated aminotransferase levels, even within the normal range, were significantly associated with increased risk of all external-cause mortalities, including suicide, and injury.
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DOI
10.3349/ymj.2015.56.6.1582
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Chang Soo(김창수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5940-5649
Kim, Hyeon Chang(김현창) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7867-1240
Suh, Il(서일) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9689-7849
Sohn, Jung Woo(손정우)
Cho, Jae Lim(조재림)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/141469
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