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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Sep;58(9):2874–2881. doi: 10.1002/art.23752

Table 4.

Association between uric acid and other quantitative traits in the HAPI Heart Study. Point estimates are effect on trait with each increase of 1 mg/dl of uric acid.

Men Women
Trait Point Estimate (95% CI) p Point Estimate (95% CI) p
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 10.12 (13.36, 6.88) <0.0001 19.42 (23.76, 15.09) <0.0001
Fasting HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl) −4.14 (−2.99, −5.28) <0.0001 −5.97 (−4.35, −7.59) <0.0001
Cholesterol HDL Ratio 0.28 (0.38, 0.17) <0.0001 0.43 (0.57, 0.3) <0.0001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) −5.03 (−3.5, −6.55) <0.0001 −4.27 (−2.56, −5.97) 0.0001
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.04 (0.05, 0.03) <0.0001 0.03 (0.05, 0.02) <0.0001
Glucose ln(mg/dl) 0.01 (0.03, 0) 0.01 0.04 (0.05, 0.02) 0.0002
Insulin ln(mU/ml) 0.11 (0.15, 0.07) <0.0001 0.16 (0.22, 0.1) <0.0001
Adiponectin ln(mg/ml) −0.09 (−0.05, −0.12) 0.0007 −0.15 (−0.1, −0.2) <0.0001
Leptin ln(pg/ml) 0.61 (0.86, 0.36) 0.0003 0.42 (0.57, 0.27) <0.0001
Percent Body Fat (%) 2.01 (2.83, 1.19) 0.0003 2.1 (2.91, 1.3) <0.0001
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 1.23 (1.5, 0.95) <0.0001 2.27 (2.77, 1.76) <0.0001
Whole Body Fat Mass ln(g) 0.16 (0.23, 0.1) <0.0001 0.14 (0.18, 0.09) <0.0001
Whole Body Lean Mass ln(g) 0.02 (0.04, 0.01) 0.0008 0.04 (0.06, 0.02) <0.0001
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 0.19 (0.27, 0.11) 0.0002 0.22 (0.31, 0.12) <0.0001
C Reactive Protein ln(mg/L) 0.2 (0.31, 0.1) 0.0002 0.28 (0.38, 0.18) <0.0001
Hematocrit (%) 0.49 (0.71, 0.26) <0.0001 0.65 (0.92, 0.38) 0.0003
ALT (U/L) 1.28 (1.98, 0.57) 0.0004 1.95 (2.68, 1.22) <0.0001
Red Blood Cell Count (mill/mcl) 0.06 (0.08, 0.03) <0.0001 0.08 (0.12, 0.05) <0.0001
White Blood Cell Count (thous/mcl) 0.1 (0.22, −0.02) 0.09 0.27 (0.39, 0.15) <0.0001
DBP (mmHg) 1.72 (2.52, 0.92) <0.0001 0.67 (1.54, −0.21) 0.13
SBP (mmHg) 2.03 (3.12, 0.94) 0.0003 0.86 (2.42, −0.7) 0.28