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BACKGROUND:Many studies support the role of bilirubin as a cytoprotector in chronic inflammatory diseases, such as stroke and atherosclerosis. AIM:To investigate the relationship between serum total bilirubin levels and functional dependence in older adults. METHODS:Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2002) pertaining to 2235 old adults were analysed. All participants had given a household interview, providing information of five major domains on self-reported functional status (activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, leisure and social activities, lower extremity mobility and general physical activities), had completed serum total bilirubin measurement, and a questionnaire regarding personal health. Poor performance was defined as experiencing difficulty with one or more items in a given domain. Functional dependence was defined as having three or more poor performances in the five major domains. Multiple logistic regression was performed together with quartile-based stratified odds ratio (OR) comparison and trend tests. RESULTS:The OR of functional dependence for each standard deviation increment in the serum total bilirubin level was 0.56 (P = 0.002). After additional adjustment, the inverse association remained essentially unchanged. In quartile-based analysis, participants with higher quartiles of serum total bilirubin tended to have lower ORs of functional dependence. The trends of lower likelihood of functional dependence across increasing quartiles of the serum total bilirubin level were statistically significant (P < 0.05 for all trends). CONCLUSIONS:Higher serum total bilirubin levels were associated with lower likelihood of functional dependence in older adults.
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Intern Med Jjournal_title
Internal medicine journalauthors
Kao TW,Chou CH,Wang CC,Chou CC,Hu J,Chen WLdoi
10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02620.xsubject
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2012-11-01 00:00:00pages
1199-207issue
11eissn
1444-0903issn
1445-5994journal_volume
42pub_type
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