Abstract:Objective To investigate the level of serum bilirubin and 25(OH)D3 as well as its relationship with insulin resistance (IR) in type Ⅱ diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with different disease course. Methods This study included 171 T2DM patients who were divided into T2DM-1 (45), T2DM-2 (62) and T2DM-3 (64) groups according to the disease course. Serum total bilirubin (TBIL), indirect bilirubin (IBIL), direct bilirubin (DBIL) and 25(OH)D3 were measured. Pearson analysis was used to analyze the correlation between aforementioned indicators and HOMAIR. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the risk factors of IR. Results Compared with the T2DM-1 group and the T2DM-2 group, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2-hour plasma glucose (2 hPG), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in the T2DM-3 group were significantly higher (P < 0.05), while the level of fasting insulin concentration (FINS), TBIL, DBIL, IBIL, and 25(OH)D3 were significantly lower (P < 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that DBIL (r = -0.373), 25(OH)D3 (r = -0.346) were negatively correlated with HOMA-IR (P < 0.05), but BMI (r = 0.199) and CRP (0.178) were positively correlated (P < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the level of DBIL and 25(OH)D3 were the risk factors for IR (P < 0.05). Conclusions Disorders in blood lipid, blood pressure and IR could be seen in T2DM patients with disease course ranging between 5 to 10 years, who might be prone to cardiovascular disease with decreased levels of DBIL and vitamin D but increased levels of CPR and chronic lowgrade inflammation. Moreover, 25(OH)D3 and DBIL could be established as the independent factors for IR.