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Age and sex-dependent alterations of serum amylase and isoamylase levels in normal human adults

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Total amylase and salivary-and pancreatic-type isoamylase levels were assayed in sera from 606 apparently healthy adults of different sex and age groups. There were significant differences in both total amylase and isoamylase levels, depending on age and sex, one of the characteristics being that levels of these three enzymes were significantly higher in the elderly group in both men and women than in other age groups. Another feature was that all of these enzyme levels were significantly greater in women in the third and fourth decade than in men. Age and sex differences should be taken into consideration in the evaluation of mild hyperamylasemia.

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  1. Shigei Medical Research Hospital, 2117 Yamada, 701-02, Okayama, Japan

    Masatoshi Ueda & Toshie Araki

  2. Takamatsu Ritsurin Hospital, 3-5-9 Ritsurin-cho, 760, Takamatsu, Japan

    Tetsuya Shiota

  3. Department of Public Health, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, 700, Okayama, Japan

    Kazuhisa Taketa

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Ueda, M., Araki, T., Shiota, T. et al. Age and sex-dependent alterations of serum amylase and isoamylase levels in normal human adults. J Gastroenterol 29, 189–191 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02358681

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