Cardiovascular Diabetology

Table 2 Univariable correlations of high sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), serum amyloid A (SAA) and transaminases with bilirubin

From: High sensitive C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A are inversely related to serum bilirubin: effect-modification by metabolic syndrome

	hs-CRP	SAA
All subjects (n = 167)
hs-CRP		0.612***
Total bilirubin	−0.203**	−0.112
No MetS (n = 94)
hs-CRP		0.631***
Total bilirubin	−0.154	−0.267**
MetS (n = 73)
hs-CRP		0.511***
Total bilirubin	−0.155	0.144
No T2DM (n = 87)
hs-CRP		0.655***
Total bilirubin	−0.216*	−0.227*
T2DM (n = 80)
hs-CRP		0.522***
Total bilirubin	−0.161	0.032
No T2DM, No MetS (n = 68)
hs-CRP		0.659**
Total bilirubin	−0.203	−0.267*
T2DM , No MetS (n = 26)
hs-CRP		0.587**
Total bilirubin	−0.060	−0.403*
No T2DM, MetS (n = 19)
hs-CRP		0.592**
Total bilirubin	−0.350	−0.045
T2DM, MetS (n = 54)
hs-CRP		0.489**
Total bilirubin	−0.080	0.198

Pearson correlation coefficients are shown. ALT: serum aminotransferase; AST: serum aspartate aminotransferase; MetS: metabolic syndrome; T2DM: Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Bilirubin, hs-CRP, SAA and transaminases are logarithmically transformed. *P <0.05; **P <0.01; ***P <0.001.

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