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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2009 Feb;36(2):378–384. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.080646

Table 4.

Association of SUA and prevalence of carotid plaques in women stratified by hypertension, renal insufficiency, diabetes, age, BMI.

Risk Factor Presence of
Carotid Plaques, n/N		 Adjusted OR by
Category of USA, mg/dl		 p for Linear
Trend		 p for
Interaction
<5 5 to < 6 6 to < 6.8 ≥ 6.8
Hypertension*
     Absent 282/1799 1.0 1.13 1.08 0.81 0.9 0.7
     Present 306/821 1.0 0.95 1.00 1.16 0.7
Renal insufficiency
     Absent 480/2337 1.0 1.09 1.13 0.90 0.9 0.4
     Present 108/283 1.0 0.89 0.85 1.31 0.7
Diabetes
     Absent 495/2384 1.0 1.06 1.07 0.95 0.9 0.5
     Present 93/236 1.0 0.80 0.75 1.23 0.8
Age
     < 55 yrs 123/1371 1.0 0.99 1.24 0.22 0.3 0.1
     ≥ 55 yrs 465/1249 1.0 1.06 1.03 1.37 0.3
BMI
     < 30 kg/m2 435/1874 1.0 1.05 1.08 1.28 0.5 0.9
     ≥ 30 kg/m2 153/746 1.0 1.10 1.03 0.91 0.8
*

Additionally adjusted for mean arterial pressure. BMI: body mass index.