Table 2.
Odds ratios of hypertension for elevated SUA levels and elevated BMI
| SUA | BMI < 24 kg/m2 | BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2 | ORs for higher BMI within strata of SUA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N(HT/non-HT) | Crude *OR (95%CI) | Adjusted *OR (95%CI) | N(HT/non-HT) | Crude *OR (95%CI) | Adjusted *OR (95%CI) | Crude #OR (95%CI) | Adjusted #OR (95%CI) | |
| Q1 (≤ 3.78 mg/dL) | 54/1128 | 1 | 1 | 49/451 | 2.27(1.52–3.39) | 2.18(1.41–3.37) | 2.27(1.52–3.39) | 2.18(1.41–3.37) |
| Q2 (≤ 4.55 mg/dL) | 87/1018 | 1.79(1.26–2.53) | 1.57(1.08–2.30) | 88/488 | 3.77(2.64–5.37) | 3.25(2.19–4.82) | 2.11(1.54–2.89) | 2.04(1.44–2.90) |
| Q3 (≤ 5.34 mg/dL) | 93/921 | 2.11(1.49–2.98) | 1.84(1.24–2.74) | 125/542 | 4.82(3.45–6.74) | 3.73(2.51–5.55) | 2.28(1.71–3.05) | 2.19(1.59–3.03) |
| Q4 (≤ 6.39 mg/dL) | 126/829 | 3.17(2.28–4.42) | 2.21(1.47–3.32) | 160/566 | 5.91(4.27–8.17) | 5.17(3.42–7.80) | 1.86(1.44–2.40) | 1.84(1.39–2.45) |
| Q5 (≤ 39.83 mg/dL) | 103/666 | 3.23(2.29–4.55) | 2.48(1.55–3.96) | 239/674 | 7.41(5.43–10.10) | 6.21(4.01–9.60) | 2.29(1.78–2.96) | 2.86(2.14–3.84) |
| †ORs(95%CI) for higher SUA within strata of BMI | 1.57(1.08–2.30) | 1.44(0.95–2.17) | ||||||
| 1.84(1.24–2.74) | 1.66(1.12–2.48) | |||||||
| 2.21(1.47–3.32) | 2.36(1.55–3.60) | |||||||
| 2.48(1.55–3.96) | 2.71(1.72–4.28) | |||||||
HT/non-HT, hypertension/non-hypertension
*, comparing with BMI < 24 kg/m2 and SUA ≤ 3.78 mg/dL
#, ORs of BMI ≥ 24 kg/m2 comparing with BMI < 24 kg/m2 at corresponding SUA quintiles
†, ORs of SUA in Q2-Q5 comparing with Q1 in the same BMI level
Adjustment: age, sex, smoking, total calorie intake, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, creatinine, HOMA-IR