Serum total bilirubin concentrations are inversely associated with total white blood cell counts in an adult population

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-258

  Tsai, Wan Ni ^a   Wang, Ya Yu ^b,c,d   Liang, Jiin Tsae ^b   Lin, Shih Yi ^b,d   Sheu, Wayne Huey Herng ^b,d,e  

^a TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; cardiovascular disease; inflammation; white blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HABIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIRUBIN; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924758299     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563214541969     Document Type: Article

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