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

Table 2

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

	Quartiles of serum bilirubin (mmol/L)				for trend
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Total bilirubin
Rang (μmol/L)	≤11.75	11.76–14.30	14.31–18.12	>18.12
MetS cases/total number of each quartile (%)
ORs for MetS
No adjusted	1	1.20 (0.73–1.98)	0.84 (0.49–1.43)	0.60 (0.34–1.08)	0.09
Model 1	1	1.19 (0.73–1.97)	0.81 (0.47–1.39)	0.58 (0.32–1.03)	0.064
Model 2	1	1.32 (0.79–2.21)	0.87 (0.50–1.52)	0.61 (0.34–1.12)	0.066
Direct bilirubin
Range	≤2.09			>3.22
MetS cases/total number of each quartile (%)
ORs for MetS
No adjusted	1	0.96 (0.60–1.54)	0.50 (0.29–0.88)	0.46 (0.26–0.81)
Model 1	1	0.95 (0.60–1.53)	0.50 (0.29–0.88)	0.46 (0.26–0.82)
Model 2	1	1.00 (0.61–1.63)	0.57 (0.32–1.02)	0.51 (0.28–0.92)
Indirect bilirubin
Range	≤9.58	9.59–11.76	11.77–14.90	>14.90
MetS cases/total number of each quartile (%)
ORs for MetS
No adjusted	1	1.15 (0.70–1.90)	0.91 (0.54–1.54)	0.61 (0.34–1.09)	0.145
Model 1	1	1.13 (0.68–1.86)	0.88 (0.52–1.49)	0.58 (0.32–1.03)	0.108
Model 2	1	1.16 (0.69–1.96)	0.92 (0.53–1.58)	0.58 (0.32–1.06)	0.113

Data are expressed as ORs (95% CI). Model 1: adjusted for age; model 2: adjusted further for drinking, smoking, physical activity, CH, and LDL-C. .