Association between bilirubin and risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease based on a prospective cohort study

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 31006
• Main Authors: Tian, Jianbo, Zhong, Rong, Liu, Cheng, Tang, Yuhan, Gong, Jing, Chang, Jiang, Lou, Jiao, Ke, Juntao, Li, Jiaoyuan, Zhang, Yi, Yang, Yang, Zhu, Ying, Gong, Yajie, Xu, Yanyan, Liu, Peiyi, Yu, Xiao, Xiao, Lin, Du, Min, Yang, Ling, Yuan, Jing, Wang, Youjie, Chen, Weihong, Wei, Sheng, Liang, Yuan, Zhang, Xiaomin, He, Meian, Wu, Tangchun, Yao, Ping, Miao, Xiaoping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 03.08.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/499; 692/700/478/174; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bilirubin; Bilirubin - blood; Body Mass Index; Cohort analysis; Fatty liver; Female; Geriatrics; Health risk assessment; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Liver diseases; Male; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - blood; Regression analysis; Science; Sex Factors

The study aimed to assess the association between total, direct and indirect bilirubin and nonalcoholic fatty live disease (NAFLD) risk given its high prevalence and serious clinical prognosis. Among 27,009 subjects who participated in a healthy screening program from the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort stud...