Sex‐Specific Associations of Serum Alkaline Phosphatase With Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components: Over 15 Years of Follow‐Up Among Iranian Adults

• Published in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis Vol. 39; no. 15; pp. e70075 - n/a
• Main Authors: Hadaegh, Parto, Abdi, Amir, Hasheminia, Mitra, Hadaegh, Farzad, Azizi, Fereidoun, Tohidi, Maryam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2025; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Alkaline phosphatase; Alkaline Phosphatase - blood; Anthropometry; Biomarkers; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cholesterol; components; Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; Epidemiology; Exercise; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Glucose; High density lipoprotein; Humans; Incidence; Iran - epidemiology; Lipids; Male; Marital status; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - blood; Metabolic Syndrome - enzymology; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Phosphatase; Population; Proportional Hazards Models; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Risk Factors; sex differences; Sex Factors; Smoking; Triglycerides; Variance analysis; Womens health; Iran; United States > US; metabolic syndrome; components; alkaline phosphatase; sex differences

ABSTRACT Background To investigate the association of serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) with incident metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components, as well as the influence of sex on this relationship among Iranian adults. Methods The multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models were appl...