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Abstract
Aim: To investigate the association between serum bilirubin and disease severity in patients with pneumoconiosis.
Methods: The study comprised 45 patients with pneumoconiosis retrospectively; all pneumoconiosis patients were classified into I, II, and III stage according to the radiological severity.
Results: Serum direct bilirubin levels were significantly lower in III stage pneumoconiosis patients than those in I/II stage (p = 0.012) but not serum indirect bilirubin. Serum direct bilirubin was negatively correlated with radiological severity in patients with pneumoconiosis (r = -0.320; p = 0.032); by multiple linear-regression analysis, we observed that serum direct bilirubin levels had independent association with radiological severity in patients with pneumoconiosis (beta = -0.459; p = 0.005).
Conclusions: Serum direct bilirubin levels are negatively associated with disease severity in patients with pneumoconiosis.
期刊介绍:
Canadian Respiratory Journal is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that aims to provide a multidisciplinary forum for research in all areas of respiratory medicine. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies related to asthma, allergy, COPD, non-invasive ventilation, therapeutic intervention, lung cancer, airway and lung infections, as well as any other respiratory diseases.