Table 2.

Predictors of monosodium urate crystal deposition: univariate and multivariate logistic regression.

Variable	Univariate OR (95% CI)	P-value	Multivariate OR (95% CI)	P-value
CT value	1.001 (1.000–1.001)	0.022	0.993 (0.991–0.994)	<0.001
Serum uric acid	1.002 (1.002–1.003)	<0.001	1.003 (1.001–1.004)	0.002
Age	1.018 (1.015–1.021)	<0.001	1.017 (1.005–1.028)	0.017
Diabetes mellitus	2.235 (1.383–3.611)	0.006	0.996 (0.449–2.208)	0.993
Hypertension	2.561 (1.891–3.466)	<0.001	0.647 (0.361–1.160)	0.220
Male sex	3.020 (2.494–3.658)	<0.001	2.269 (1.099–4.683)	0.063
Alcohol use	3.640 (2.512–5.275)	<0.001	1.652 (0.896–3.047)	0.177
Bone erosion	5.171 (3.815–7.008)	<0.001	3.476 (2.046–5.906)	<0.001
Nephrolithiasis	6.000 (3.792–9.488)	<0.001	2.188 (1.123–4.259)	0.053

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.