Table 2.

Hazard ratios (HR)^† for reaching the endpoint according to common quintiles of baseline serum urate.

Serum urate quintile	Median serum urate (mg/dL)	All (n=804)		Men (n=517)			Women (n=287)
		HR† (95% CI)	p value	n	HR‡ (95% CI)	p value	n	HR‡ (95% CI)	p value
1	3.8	1.00 (Ref)	-	45	1.00 (Ref)	-	132	1.00 (Ref)	-
2	4.8	0.80 (0.60–1.07)	0.12	87	0.61 (0.40–0.94)	0.03	70	0.93 (0.63–1.37	0.70
3	5.5	0.85 (0.63–1.15)	0.29	110	0.66 (0.44–1.00)	0.05	37	1.00 (0.61–1.64)	0.99
4	6.3	0.65 (0.47–0.88)	0.006	143	0.51 (0.34–0.76)	0.001	26	0.76 (0.41–1.39)	0.37
5	7.5	0.51 (0.37–0.72)	<0.0001	132	0.39 (0.26–0.60)	<0.0001	22	0.77 (0.39–1.50)	0.44
p, for trend			0.0002			<0.0001			0.33
p, for genderurate interaction			0.15

^†Adjusted for age and gender;

^‡adjusted for age only.