Journal of Armed Forces Medical College ( JAFMC )

Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Association of Serum Gamma Glutamyl Transferase Level with Impaired Fasting Glucose in Adults at a Tertiary Level Hospital of Bangladesh 1


Prediabetes is considered as significant risk factor of overt diabetes. Gamma glutamyl transferase is an oxidative stress marker that is synthesized in liver. Oxidative stress causes impaired insulin secretion from beta cells of pancreas. Serum Gamma glutamyl transferase level increases in persons with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

 

Download PDF