Table 3.

Association between asymptomatic hyperuricemia and total arthritis

	Unadjusted model	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Control (reference)	1	1	1	1
Total arthritis
OR (95% CI)	1.34 (1.07 to 1.69)	1.14 (0.87 to 1.49)	1.11 (0.83 to 1.48)	1.07 (0.80 to 1.41)
P value	0.012	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01

Model 1: adjusted for age, gender and race.

Model 2: adjusted for age, gender, education level, income to poverty ratio, race, body mass index (BMI), physical activity level (PAL), diabetes, hypertension and smoking record.

Model 3: adjusted for age, gender, education level, income to poverty ratio, race, BMI, PAL, hypertension, smoking, cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein, triglyceride, creatinine and albumin.