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We evaluated the role of oxidative stress in endothelial function in patients with Gilbert syndrome under normal conditions without cardiovascular risk factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and Results\u2014<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 108 young men with Gilbert syndrome without cardiovascular risk factors and 108 age-matched healthy men (normal controls) were enrolled in this study. Serum concentrations of bilirubin were higher in patients with Gilbert syndrome than in control subjects (29.2\u00b111.6 versus 9.4\u00b12.7 \u03bcmol\/L;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001). Serum concentrations of malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein and urinary excretion of 8-hydroxy-2\u2032-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), as indices of oxidative stress, were lower in patients with Gilbert syndrome than in control subjects (61.8\u00b124.5 versus 72.5\u00b121.8 U\/L,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.034; 7.8\u00b12.4 versus 10.4\u00b13.2 ng\/mg creatinine,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.001, respectively). Flow-mediated vasodilation was greater in patients with Gilbert syndrome than in normal control subjects (7.2\u00b12.2% versus 5.9\u00b11.7%;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001). Vascular responses to nitroglycerine were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Flow-mediated vasodilation correlated with serum concentration of bilirubin (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.44,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001), malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u22120.25,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.01), and urinary excretion of 8-OHdG (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u22120.27,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.004) in patients with Gilbert syndrome but not in control subjects. In addition, serum concentration of bilirubin correlated with malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u22120.20,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.04) and 8-OHdG (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u22120.21,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.02) in patients with Gilbert syndrome but not in control subjects.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions\u2014<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients with Gilbert syndrome had low levels of oxidative stress associated with hyperbilirubinemia and enhancement of endothelium-dependent vasodilation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Trial Registration\u2014<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      URL:\n                      <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.umin.ac.jp\">http:\/\/www.umin.ac.jp<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      . 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