Associations of ALT/AST, a marker of hepatosteatosis, with pulse rate in young women and with blood pressure in middle-aged women independently of abdominal fat accumulation and insulin resistance

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We examined whether alanine aminotransferase/aspartate aminotransferase (ALT/AST), a marker of hepatosteatosis, may be associated with a wider constellation of variables related to metabolic syndrome in Japanese women. Body fat and distribution, and metabolic syndrome-related variables were measured in 311 young and 148 middle-aged women. We had Pearson's correlation analysis and then stepwise multivariate linear regression analyses. In both middle-aged and young women, ALT/AST was associated with homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), trunk/leg fat ratio and pulse rate. In middle-aged women but not in young women, ALT/AST was associated with waist circumference, fasting glucose, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol (inversely), systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure (BP). Further, in middle-aged women only, the ratio was associated with BMI, percentage body fat, apolipoprotein B and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1. Among these variables, pulse rate in young women and systolic BP in middle-aged women were associated with ALT/AST independently of trunk/leg fat ratio, a sophisticated measures of abdominal fat accumulation, HOMA-IR, fasting glucose, triglyceride and HDL cholesterol. In conclusion, ALT/AST was associated with pulse rate in young women and with systolic BP in middle-aged women independently of abdominal fat accumulation and insulin resistance. It is noted that their waist circumference averaged < 80 cm and ALT < 30 U/L, suggesting minimum accumulation of abdominal and hepatic fat, respectively, key drivers of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13340-023-00689-z.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

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Diabetology international - 15(2024), 2 vom: 30. März, Seite 270-277

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Minato-Inokawa, Satomi [VerfasserIn]
Tsuboi-Kaji, Ayaka [VerfasserIn]
Honda, Mari [VerfasserIn]
Takeuchi, Mika [VerfasserIn]
Kitaoka, Kaori [VerfasserIn]
Kurata, Miki [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Kazumi, Tsutomu [VerfasserIn]
Fukuo, Keisuke [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ALT/AST
Blood pressure
Hepatosteatosis
Journal Article
Metabolic syndrome
Pulse rate
Triglyceride

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1007/s13340-023-00689-z

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NLM370145046