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. 2012 May 16;7(5):e37180. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037180

Table 2. Association of uric acid values with i-IFG, i-IGT, IFG/IGT, NDD, and known diabetes (comparisons with NGT), KORA F4 study.

i-IFG i-IGT IFG/IGT NDD Known diabetes
Total sample (n = 113) (n = 315) (n = 69) (n = 108) (n = 230)
Men (n = 75) (n = 147) (n = 42) (n = 61) (n = 135)
Women (n = 38) (n = 168) (n = 27) (n = 47) (n = 95)
Model 1: OR (95%-CI)
Total sample 1.66 (1.43–1.92) 1.26 (1.14–1.40) 1.57 (1.31–1.89) 1.57 (1.35–1.83) 1.55 (1.38–1.73)
Men 1.59 (1.33–1.90) 1.24 (1.08–1.43) 1.35 (1.06–1.71) 1.20 (0.98–1.47) 1.29 (1.11–1.50)
Women 1.77 (1.36–2.31) 1.31 (1.12–1.54) 1.99 (1.49–2.67) 2.24 (1.79–2.80) 2.07 (1.73–2.48)
Model 2: OR (95%-CI)
Total sample 1.73 (1.47–2.03) 1.25 (1.12–1.40) 1.49 (1.22–1.83) 1.45 (1.23–1.71) 1.40 (1.24–1.59)
Men 1.67 (1.37–2.04) 2.21 (1.04–1.41) 1.26 (0.97–1.63) 1.09 (0.88–1.36) 1.19 (1.02–1.40)
Women 1.90 (1.41–2.55) 1.32 (1.12–1.57) 1.95 (1.40–2.72) 2.11 (1.63–2.72) 1.86 (1.52–2.28)
§ Model 3: OR (95%-CI)
Total sample 1.61 (1.37–1.91) 1.20 (1.07–1.34) 1.33 (1.09–1.64) 1.30 (1.09–1.53) 1.30 (1.15–1.48)
Men 1.59 (1.29–1.96) 1.17 (1.00–1.37) 1.15 (0.88–1.50) 0.99 (0.79–1.24) 1.12 (0.95–1.32)
Women 1.71 (1.25–2.32) 1.25 (1.05–1.49) 1.69 (1.20–2.39) 1.84 (1.41–2.39) 1.69 (1.37–2.09)
||Model 4: OR (95%-CI)
Total sample 1.50 (1.26–1.77) 1.10 (0.98–1.24) 1.22 (0.98–1.50) 1.18 (1.00–1.40) 1.17 (1.03–1.34)
Men 1.49 (1.21–1.84) 1.09 (0.93–1.28) 1.06 (0.81–1.39) 0.91 (0.72–1.14) 1.04 (0.88–1.23)
Women 1.57 (1.15–2.14) 1.14 (0.95–1.36) 1.52 (1.07–2.16) 1.67 (1.28–2.17) 1.47 (1.18–1.82)
P-value for uric acid*sex interaction (Total sample) 0.8027 0.7449 0.0720 0.0007 0.0172

Odds ratio (OR) expressed per mg/dL increment in uric acid concentration; if the confidence intervals around the odds ratios overlap, then the odds ratios are not significantly different

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex (only total sample).

Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, actual hypertension, regular smoking, physical activity, alcohol intake, and creatinine.

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Model 3: adjusted for age, sex, actual hypertension, regular smoking, physical activity, alcohol intake, creatinine, total cholesterol, and HDL cholesterol.

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Model 4: adjusted for age, sex, actual hypertension, regular smoking, physical activity, alcohol intake, creatinine, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and BMI.