Table 4. Results of linear regression analysis (by gender) between serum bilirubin (total and direct) level and other variables.

Independent variable	Total bilirubin		Direct bilirubin
	r (M/F)	p (M/F)	r (M/F)	p (M/F)
CRP	-0.71/-0.28	<0.0001/0.047	-0.62/-0.31	<0.0001/0.046
TNF-α	-0.30/-0.25	0.016/0.032	-0.24/-0.23	0.047/0.048
IL-6	0.28/-0.13	0.131/0.323	0.26/-0.11	0.157/0.420
Adiponectin	0.33/0.23	0.011/0.029	0.36/0.25	0.010/0.021
Visfatin	-0.42/-0.31	0.012/0.018	-0.30/-0.29	0.019/0.023
Resistin	-0.15/-0.37	0.167/0.004	-0.13/-0.28	0.276/0.032

M = male; F = female; CRP = C-reactive protein; IL-6 = interleukin 6; TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor alpha