Table 1. Baseline characteristics of all subjects according to the median of serum bilirubin concentrations (50th percentiles).
| ≤ 11.6 | > 11.6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 129 | N = 135 | P-value | |
| Gender (F/M) | 57/72 | 62/73 | 0.776 |
| Age (yr) | 28.4 ± 18.75 | 41.2 ± 15.58 | < 0.001 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.4 ± 2.42 | 22.8 ± 2.63 | 0.029 |
| White blood count (109/L) | 6.7 ± 1.44 | 6.3 ± 1.47 | 0.016 |
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | 128.8 ± 12.80 | 134.3 ± 12.31 | < 0.001 |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg) | 27.2 ± 2.98 | 28.5 ± 3.07 | < 0.001 |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/L) | 326.5 ± 10.64 | 326.8 ± 27.54 | 0.902 |
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) | 17.5 ± 8.86 | 19.6 ± 8.40 | 0.047 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) | 22.3 ± 6.20 | 21.9 ± 5.54 | 0.669 |
| Creatinine (umol/L) | 58.1 ± 17.60 | 70.1 ± 12.94 | < 0.001 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 44.7 ± 3.53 | 44.6 ± 3.26 | 0.850 |
| Globulin (g/L) | 22.1 ± 4.09 | 22.8 ± 3.84 | 0.180 |
| High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 1.4 ± 1.03 | 1.0 ± 0.90 | 0.002 |
| Serum iron (μmol/L) | 11.9 ± 1.88 | 15.7 ± 5.64 | < 0.001 |
| Serum copper (μmol/L) | 12.7 ± 4.51 | 10.0 ± 3.22 | < 0.001 |
| Serum zinc (μmol/L) | 10.9 ± 1.88 | 12.0 ± 2.64 | < 0.001 |