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18854849

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Previous studies showed that low serum bilirubin concentrations are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. To explore this further, we evaluated the relationships between serum bilirubin concentrations and the degree of urinary albumin excretion and other markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in 633 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes. Multiple regression analysis showed that the serum bilirubin concentration was an independent determinant of and had a significant inverse correlation to the log urinary albumin excretion. Serum bilirubin concentrations were significantly lower in patients with than in those without cardiovascular disease. A significant inverse correlation was found between the serum bilirubin concentration and pulse wave velocity, while a significant positive correlation was found to the ankle-brachial index in a subgroup of 386 patients. Our study shows that the serum bilirubin level is associated with microalbuminuria and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1523-1755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1197-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-4-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationship between serum bilirubin and albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. sayarinapm@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article