Research Article

The Relationship between Serum Bilirubin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 3

Relationship between phenotype characteristics and serum bilirubin levels of patients with IBD.

(%)Serum bilirubin (μmol/L)

CD ()
Age at diagnosis (yr)
 A1 (≤16)16 (6.6%)6.5 (4.2-12.5)0.453
 A2 (17-40)180 (74.4%)8.1 (5.5-11.2)
 A3 (>40)46 (19.0%)7.7 (6.7-10.3)
Location of the disease
 L180 (33.1%)8.8 (6.4-12.6)0.023
 L211 (4.5%)6.5 (5.3-9.1)
 L3151 (62.4%)7.4 (5.3-10.6)
 L428 (11.6%)8.0 (5.8-9.7)
Disease behavior
 B1139 (57.4%)8.5 (5.8-12.4)0.047
 B297 (40.1%)7.5 (6.1-10.0)
 B36 (2.5%)5.1 (4.5-6.7)
 P69 (28.5%)8.7 (6.2-13.5)
UC ()
Disease extension
 E141 (19.4%)12.8 (8.9-15.1)0.001
 E257 (27.0%)10.7 (8.1-14.3)
 E3113 (53.6%)8.1 (5.6-11.6)