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. 2023 Feb 11;27(5):435–444. doi: 10.1007/s10157-023-02318-0

Table 2.

Participants’ characteristics at baseline according to serum uric acid levels

UA2.0–2.9
(n = 247)
UA3.0–3.9
(n = 1457)
UA4.0–4.9
(n = 2883)
UA5.0–5.9
(n = 2899)
UA6.0–6.9
(n = 2010)
UA7.0–7.9
(n = 1051)
Age* (years) 50.9 ± 10.6 51.5 ± 11.4 53.8 ± 11.4 54.3 ± 11.7 52.9 ± 11.9 52.7 ± 11.6
Sex* (male) 28 (11.3) 210 (14.4) 745 (25.8) 1718 (59.3) 1653 (82.2) 966 (91.9)
BMI* (kg/m2) 21.3 ± 2.4 21.5 ± 2.6 22.3 ± 2.9 23.1 ± 2.9 23.8 ± 2.8 24.5 ± 3.0
Systolic blood pressure* (mmHg) 116.4 ± 16.7 118.3 ± 16.5 122.0 ± 17.5 124.4 ± 18.2 127.5 ± 17.5 129.3 ± 16.7
Hemoglobin* (g/dL) 12.6 ± 1.36 12.9 ± 1.35 13.4 ± 1.25 14.1 ± 1.24 14.6 ± 1.1 14.8 ± 1.1
Albumin* (g/dL) 4.42 ± 0.21 4.46 ± 0.21 4.48 ± 0.22 4.52 ± 0.22 4.56 ± 0.24 4.59 ± 0.24
Alanine transferase* (IU/L) 14 (11–18) 15 (12–20) 16 (13–22) 19 (15–26) 23 (16–31) 25 (18–35)
Creatinine* (mg/dL) 0.58 ± 0.10 0.61 ± 0.11 0.65 ± 0.12 0.73 ± 0.14 0.80 ± 0.14 0.85 ± 0.17
Estimated GFR* (mL/min/1.73 m2) 88.2 ± 8.0 86.8 ± 8.7 84.1 ± 8.9 82.3 ± 9.8 81.3 ± 10.9 79.7 ± 11.8
Uric acid* (mg/dL) 2.62 ± 0.24 3.55 ± 0.26 4.47 ± 0.28 5.44 ± 0.29 6.41 ± 0.28 7.38 ± 0.28
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 197.5 ± 35.8 201.4 ± 35.2 204.2 ± 35.1 203.1 ± 34.4 202.3 ± 34.9 205.1 ± 33.7
HDL cholesterol* (mg/dL) 65.0 ± 14.4 64.8 ± 14.7 62.3 ± 15.1 57.7 ± 14.5 54.3 ± 14.0 52.0 ± 13.8
Non-HDL cholesterol* (mg/dL) 132.5 ± 33.9 136.6 ± 34.4 141.9 ± 34.9 145.4 ± 34.3 148.0 ± 35.5 153.1 ± 35.0
Triglyceride* (mg/dL) 73 (55–102) 75 (58–102) 83 (62–118) 100 (73–137) 114 (81–164) 139 (99–197)
C-reactive protein* (mg/dL) 0 (0–0.1) 0 (0–0.1) 0 (0–0.1) 0.1 (0–0.1) 0.1 (0- 0.1) 0.1 (0–0.1)
Potential diabetes mellitus from baseline data 6 (2.4) 43 (3.0) 129 (4.5) 168 (5.8) 103 (5.1) 52 (4.9)
Dyslipidemia on treat 0 5 (0.3) 19 (0.7) 14 (0.5) 14 (0.7) 7 (0.7)
Hypertension on treat* 0 19 (1.3) 77 (2.7) 112 (3.9) 69 (3.4) 48 (4.6)
History of stroke 0 0 5 (0.2) 8 (0.3) 4 (0.2) 3 (0.3)
History of ischemic heart disease 0 1 (0.1) 15 (0.5) 15 (0.5) 5 (0.2) 7 (0.7)

According to the property of each datum, the data are expressed as mean and standard deviation, median and quartile range, or subject number and percentage

*P for trend < 0.05 (Jonckheere-Terpstra test for numerical data, Cochran-Armitage test for category data)