| Title: | Clinical and genetic definition of serum bilirubin levels for the diagnosis of Gilbert syndrome and hypobilirubinemia |
| Journal: | Hepatology Communications |
| Published: | 22 Sep 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37738404/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1097/hc9.0000000000000245 |
Publication 9485
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gilbert syndrome (GS) is genotypically predetermined by UGT1A1*28 homozygosity in Europeans and is phenotypically defined by hyperbilirubinemia using total bilirubin (TB) cutoff ≥1mg/dL (17 μmol/L). The prevalence of illnesses associated with GS and hypobilirubinemia has never been studied prospectively. As TB varies with UGT1A1*28 genotyping, sex, and age, we propose stratified definitions of TB reference intervals and report the prevalence of illnesses and adjusted 15 years survival.</p>
METHODS: UK Biobank with apparently healthy liver participants (middle-aged, n=138,125) were analyzed after the exclusion of of nonhealthy individuals. The stratified TB was classified as GS when TB >90th centile; <10th centile indicated hypobilirubinemia, and between the 10th and 90th centile was normobilirubinemia. We compared the prevalence and survival rates of 54 illnesses using odds ratio (OR), logistic regression, and Cox models adjusted for confounders, and causality by Mendelian randomizations.</p>
RESULTS: In women, we identified 10% (7,741/76,809) of GS versus 3.7% (2,819/76,809) using the historical cutoff of ≥1 mg/dL (P<0.0001). When GS and hypobilirubinemia participants were compared with normobilirubinemia, after adjustment and Mendelian randomizations, only cholelithiasis prevalence was significantly higher (OR=1.50; 95% CI [1.3-1.7], P=0.001) in men with GS compared with normobilirubinemia and in causal association with bilirubin (P=0.04). No adjusted survival was significantly associated with GS or hypobilirubinemia.</p>
CONCLUSIONS: In middle-aged Europeans, the stratified TB demonstrates a careless GS underestimation in women when using the standard unisex 1 mg/dL cutoff. The prevalence of illnesses is different in GS and hypobilirubinemia as well as survivals before adjusting for confounding factors. With the exception of cholelithiasis in men, these differences were no more significant after adjustment and Mendelian randomization.</p>
11 Authors
- Thierry Poynard
- Olivier Deckmyn
- Valentina Peta
- Mehdi Sakka
- Pascal Lebray
- Joseph Moussalli
- Raluca Pais
- Chantal Housset
- Vlad Ratziu
- Eric Pasmant
- Dominique Thabut
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