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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes. 2014 Nov 3;64(4):1459–1469. doi: 10.2337/db14-0228

Table 2. Associations of baseline variables with serum bilirubin and rs6742078.

Serum bilirubin rs6742078
Variables Standardized β coefficients (95%CI) P value Standardized β coefficients (95%CI) P value
Age 0.012 (−0.021 to 0.046) 0.46 0.013 (−0.021 to 0.046) 0.46
Female sex −0.215 (−0.245 to −0.181) <0.001 0.001 (−0.033 to 0.034) 0.97
Smoking −0.015 (−0.050 to 0.017) 0.35 0.003 (−0.030 to 0.037) 0.87
Alcohol use 0.049 (0.015 to 0.082) 0.01 0.02 (−0.013 to 0.054) 0.24
Family history of diabetes −0.057 (−0.093 to −0.026) 0.001 0.018 (−0.016 to 0.051) 0.30
Prior history of CVD −0.026 (−0.060 to 0.007) 0.13 0.026 (−0.003 to 0.064) 0.14
BMI −0.119 (−0.152 to −0.085) <0.001 0.006 (−0.028 to 0.039) 0.74
Waist circumference −0.025 (−0.059 to 0.008) 0.14 −0.002 (−0.036 to 0.032) 0.91
Systolic blood pressure 0.039 (0.00 to 0.072) 0.02 −0.007 (−0.040 to 0.027) 0.70
Diastolic blood pressure 0.040 (0.003 to 0.070) 0.03 −0.003 (−0.036 to 0.031) 0.88
Hypertension 0.013 (−0.020 to 0.046) 0.44 −0.017 (−0.051 to 0.016) 0.32
Fasting glucose −0.021 (−0.055 to 0.013) 0.22 0.025 (−0.009 to 0.058) 0.15
HDL cholesterol 0.025 (−0.009 to 0.058) 0.15 −0.006 (−0.039 to 0.027) 0.73
Triglycerides −0.116 (−0.148 to −0.082) <0.001 0.001 (−0.033 to 0.034) 0.97
Fasting insulin −0.106 (−0.140 to −0.072) <0.001 −0.002 (−0.036 to 0.032) 0.87
AST 0.145 (0.112 to 0.178) <0.001 −0.003 (−0.036 to 0.030) 0.85
ALT 0.082 (0.049 to 0.115) <0.001 0.021 (−0.013 to 0.054) 0.22
GGT 0.030 (−0.007 to 0.060) 0.12 0.010 (−0.023 to 0.043) 0.55
Albumin 0.247 (0.212 to 0.282) <0.001 −0.014 (−0.052 to 0.023) 0.44
ALP −0.022 (−0.054 to 0.013) 0.24 0.022 (−0.015 to 0.060) 0.23
hs-CRP −0.115 (−0.147 to −0.080) <0.001 −0.010 (−0.044 to 0.023) 0.55
UAE −0.031 (−0.066 to 0.002) 0.07 0.006 (−0.027 to 0.040) 0.72

BMI: body mass index, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, GGT: gamma-glutamyltransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALP: Alkaline phosphatase, hs-CRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein and UAE: urine albumin excretion.