The relationship between total Bilirubin levels and total mortality in older adults: The United States national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES) 1999-2004

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ong, Kwok Leung ^a,b   Allison, Matthew A ^c   Cheung, Bernard M Y ^d   Wu, Ben J ^a,b   Barter, Philip J ^a,b   Rye, Kerry Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899628727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094479     Document Type: Article

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