Title: Clinical Study on the Relationship of Serum Bilirubin and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack.
Abstract: Objective To explore the relationship between serum bilirubin and carotid intima-media thickness(IMT) in patients with transient ischemic attack(TIA).Methods 130 patients with TIA whose carotid IMT were detected by ultrasound were divided into normal IMT group and intima impaired group.Their serum bilirubin levels were measured and compared.Results The level of serum bilirubin in intima impaired group was significantly lower than that in normal IMT group(P0.01).The result of logistic regression analysis indicated that serum bilirubin was one of the independent risk factors for carotid intima lesion.Low serum bilirubin level was related to increased carotid IMT.Conclusions Serum bilirubin is closely related to the carotid IMT.Lower serum bilirubin concentration might be an important risk factor of atherosclerosis.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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