EFFECTS OF OBESITY, HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE ON BIOCHEMICAL LIVER FUNCTION TESTS

Abstract

The effects of obesity, hyperlipidemia and impaired glucose tolerance on the liver function tests (total protein, A/G ratio, ZTT, TTT, ALP, GOT, GPT and LDH) were studied in the subjects who were examined generally in our hospital.
In males the liver function tests were more closely associated with obesity than with hyperlipidemia and impaired glucose tolerance. Abnormal liver function tests in the obese subjects were characterized by mild elevations of serum transaminase with a greater rise in SGPT than in SGOT.
In females the liver function tests were hardly influenced by obesity, hyperlipidemia and impaired glucose tolerance, and the majority of females had normal results in the liver function tests.