Direct Bilirubin Levels and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Healthy Chinese Men

Table 3

Associations of serum bilirubin levels and risk of MetS individual components incidence (odds rations and 95% confidence intervals).

	Quartiles of serum bilirubin (mmol/L)				for trend
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Total bilirubin
Range	≤11.75	11.76–14.30	14.31–18.12	>18.12
for each MetS component
Overweight & obesity	1	0.80 (0.57–1.12)	0.72 (0.51–1.02)	0.76 (0.54–1.08)	0.267
High blood pressure	1	1.18 (0.81–1.74)	1.10 (0.75–1.62)	1.15 (0.79–1.69)	0.833
Hypertriglyceridemia	1	0.78 (0.54–1.14)	0.69 (0.47–1.01)	0.57 (0.38–0.84)
Low HDL cholesterol	1	1.04 (0.67–1.62)	0.96 (0.61–1.51)	0.84 (0.53–1.33)	0.808
Hyperglycemia	1	1.04 (0.70–1.52)	1.09 (0.74–1.60)	1.08 (0.74–1.58)	0.972
Direct bilirubin
Range	≤1.90	≤2.09	2.10–2.60	2.61–3.22
for each MetS component
Overweight & obesity	1	0.83 (0.59–1.17)	0.87 (0.61–1.24)	0.81 (0.57–1.15)	0.64
High blood pressure	1	1.08 (0.74–1.56)	1.00 (0.68–1.49)	1.21 (0.82–1.77)	0.746
Hypertriglyceridemia	1	0.68 (0.47–0.97)	0.41 (0.28–0.62)	0.48 (0.33–0.72)	<0.000
Low HDL cholesterol	1	1.06 (0.68–1.64)	0.85 (0.54–1.34)	0.53 (0.33–0.87)
Hyperglycemia	1	1.23 (0.84–1.79)	1.06 (0.71–1.59)	1.48 (1.00–2.18)	0.198
Indirect bilirubin
Range	≤9.58	9.59–11.76	11.77–14.90	>14.90
for each MetS component
Overweight & obesity	1	0.82 (0.59–1.16)	0.81 (0.57–1.14)	0.75 (0.53–1.06)	0.403
High blood pressure	1	1.14 (0.78–1.67)	1.18 (0.81–1.73)	1.14 (0.78–1.66)	0.846
Hypertriglyceridemia	1	0.84 (0.58–1.23)	0.81 (0.55–1.22)	0.59 (0.40–0.87)
Low HDL cholesterol	1	0.96 (0.62–1.51)	1.01 (0.65–1.58)	0.85 (0.54–1.35)	0.882
Hyperglycemia	1	0.82 (0.55–1.20)	1.04 (0.71–1.53)	0.93 (0.63–1.36)	0.611

Data are expressed as ORs (95% CI). for age, drinking, smoking, physical activity, CH, and LDL-C. .