Association between Serum Bilirubin and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate among Diabetic Patients

Table 4

Relationship between serum bilirubin and estimated glomerular filtration rate within selected subgroups.

Characteristics ()		( value)	-interaction
Gender
Men	230	0.13 (0.013)	0.923
Women	279	0.14 (0.001)
Age
<80 years	200	0.21 (0.001)	0.075
≥80 years	279	0.10 (0.028)
Medication
Absence	141	0.12 (0.047)	0.670
Presence	368	0.14 (<0.001)
Serum uric acid
First-second tertiles	319	0.18 (<0.001)	0.830
Third tertile	190	0.13 (<0.001)
Cardiovascular disease
Absence	305	0.05 (0.210)	0.020
Presence	204	0.21 (<0.001)

: standardized coefficient. Medication included antihypertensive, antidyslipidemic, and antidiabetic agents. Adjusted for all confounding factors in the stepwise method in Table 2 by multiple linear regression analysis.