Causes Who is at risk? You are at risk for prediabetes if any of the following are true: You are overweight or obese. You have a parent, brother or sister who has diabetes. You had diabetes during pregnancy (called gestational diabetes) or had a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds at birth.
Use in Cosmetics. Dibutyl phthalate (pronounced thal-ate), or DBP, is used mainly in nail products as a solvent for dyes and as a plasticizer that prevents nail polishes from becoming brittle.Phthalates are also used as fragrance ingredients in many other cosmetics, but consumers won't find these listed on the label.Credit: Gwen via Flickr.). Dibutyl phthalate (pronounced thal-ate), or DBP, is used mainly in nail products as a solvent for dyes and as a plasticizer that prevents nail polishes from becoming brittle.
Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs) are groups of blood tests that give information about the state of a patient's liver.These tests include prothrombin time (PT/INR), aPTT, albumin, bilirubin (direct and indirect), and others.Liver transaminases (AST or SGOT and ALT or SGPT) are useful biomarkers of liver injury in a patient with some degree of intact liver function.ncreased total bilirubin (TBIL) causes jaundice, and can indicate a number of problems: 1  1. Prehepatic: Increased bilirubin production can be due to a number of causes, including hemolytic anemias and internal hemorrhage. 2  2. 3  3. Posthepatic: Obstruction of the bile ducts is reflected as deficiencies in bilirubin excretion.