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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2020

Clinical significance of serum bilirubin in primary Sjögren syndrome patients.

Zunni Zhang, Qisheng Su, Liqian Zhang, Zheng Yang, Yuling Qiu, Wuning Mo

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zunni ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4579-3692
Qisheng SuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Liqian ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Zheng YangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0141-5294
Yuling QiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Wuning MoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3074-3246
Guangxi Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of our research was to demonstrate the clinical significance of serum bilirubin in primary Sjögren syndrome patients (pSS). PATIENTS AND

methodsA total of 116 patients with primary Sjögren syndrome and 138 matched individuals were included in our study. The laboratory parameters of patients with pSS and healthy controls were retrospectively analyzed.

resultsSerum total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, and indirect bilirubin were significantly reduced (P < .001, P = .001, P < .001) while ESR was significantly increased (P < .001) in patients with pSS when compared with healthy checkup individuals. Statistically, the AUC in patients with pSS is as follows: TBIL = 0.77, P < .001, cutoff value = 7.96; DBIL = 0.617, P = .001 cutoff value = 2.2; and IBIL = 0.786, P < .001 cutoff value = 4.5. Furthermore, our study revealed that TBIL, DBIL, and IBIL were significantly negativity related to ESR (r = -.406, P < .001; r = -.206, P = .026; r = -.429, P < .001). Interestingly, multiple linear regression analysis showed that when adjusted for sex, age, ALT, and AST, the levels of TBIL, DBIL, and IBIL in patients with pSS were independently correlated with ESR.

conclusionsThis study found that the levels of serum bilirubin were reduced and the inflammatory marker was elevated in patients with pSS. Additionally, serum bilirubin was negatively related with ESR and TBIL, DBIL, and IBIL can be used in the clinical diagnosis and follow-up visits of the patients with pSS.

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BilirubinBlood SedimentationCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedROC CurveSjogren's SyndromeBilirubinbilirubinbiomarkerinflammationprimary Sjögren syndrome

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