Table 3.
Baseline and demographic characteristics of participants with and without heart failure among those with hyperuricemia
| Variables | No HF (Unweighted n = 8333) |
HF (Unweighted n = 681) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted, n (%) | 37,813,728 (94.3) | 2,283,237 (5.7) | |
| Age (mean [SE])a | 50.02 (0.28) | 67.97 (0.63) | < 0.001 |
| Age groups (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| 20–39 | 2206 (31.7) | 11 (2.1) | |
| 40–59 | 2545 (36.1) | 120 (21.2) | |
| 60–79 | 2797 (26.0) | 369 (52.8) | |
| ≥ 80 | 785 (6.2) | 182 (23.9) | |
| Gender (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Men | 4632 (57.7) | 363 (48.3) | |
| Women | 3701 (42.3) | 318 (51.7) | |
| Race (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Mexican American | 1002 (6.1) | 50 (2.9) | |
| Other Hispanic | 546 (4.3) | 40 (3.2) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 3866 (70.0) | 379 (74.6) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2062 (12.2) | 185 (15.5) | |
| Other race | 857 (7.4) | 27 (3.9) | |
| Education level (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Less than 9th grade | 893 (5.6) | 108 (11.4) | |
| 9–11th grade | 1186 (10.7) | 126 (16.0) | |
| High school graduate | 2053 (25.9) | 181 (28.7) | |
| College or AA degree | 2511 (33.2) | 192 (31.0) | |
| College graduate or above | 1678 (24.5) | 73 (12.8) | |
| Citizenship status (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Citizen by birth or naturalization | 7544 (93.6) | 661 (98.5) | |
| Not a citizen of the US | 779 (6.3) | 20 (1.5) | |
| Marital status (%) | |||
| Married/living with partner | 4793 (61.4) | 330 (53.8) | < 0.001 |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 2165 (21.2) | 307 (40.7) | |
| Never married | 1370 (17.4) | 44 (5.5) | |
| Insurance status (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 6388 (83.8) | 639 (93.9) | |
| No | 1468 (16.1) | 40 (6.0) | |
| BMI (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| < 18.5 | 42 (0.4) | 2 (0.3) | |
| 18.5–24.9 | 1115 (12.9) | 85 (11.7) | |
| 25–29.9 | 2552 (31.3) | 177 (26.0) | |
| ≥ 30.0 | 4445 (55.4) | 379 (62.0) | |
| Waist circumference a | 107.38 (0.30) | 112.65 (0.93) | < 0.001 |
| Smoking (%) | 4048 (48.2) | 441 (61.3) | < 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol | 5.24 (0.018) | 4.59 (0.058) | < 0.001 |
| Triglyceridesa | 2.13 (0.027) | 1.92 (0.059) | < 0.001 |
| Uric acida | 438.94 (0.76) | 468.24 (3.77) | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension (%) | 4345 (47.1) | 572 (81.1) | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes (%) | 1280 (11.9) | 292 (40.4) | < 0.001 |
| Cancer (%) | 934 (10.9) | 151 (27.8) | < 0.001 |
| Stroke (%) | 424 (3.7) | 137 (19.8) | < 0.001 |
| Coronary artery disease (%) | 347 (3.7) | 250 (35.9) | < 0.001 |
aData are presented as unweighted n (weighted percentage) for categorical variables and weighted means and standard errors for continuous variables