Table 2. Relative Odds of Having an Elevated Blood Pressure Among 6,036 12-17 year-old Adolescents, NHANES 1999-2006.

Uric Acid Variable	Crude			Adjusted*
	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P Value	Odds Ratio	95% CI	P Value
Per 0.1mg/dL increase in uric acid	1.36	(1.15-1.60)	<0.001	1.38	(1.16-1.65)	0.001
Uric acid level ≥5.5 vs. <5.5	2.03	(1.38-3.00)	0.001	2.03	(1.38-3.00)	0.001
Uric acid quintile†
1	1.00	Reference	--	1.00	Reference	--
2	1.17	(0.62-2.19)	0.62	1.12	(0.60-2.08)	0.72
3	1.31	(0.58-2.95)	0.51	1.25	(0.54-2.86)	0.60
4	1.38	(0.67-2.81)	0.38	1.37	(0.69-2.73)	0.36
5	3.01	(1.57-5.80)	0.001	3.19	(1.67-6.09)	0.001

^*Adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, BMI percentile

^†Quintile ranges: 1 (1.8-4.0 mg/dL), 2 (4.1-4.6 mg/dL), 3 (4.7-5.2 mg/dL), 4 (5.3-6.0 mg/dL), 5 (6.1-14.9 mg/dL)

Abbreviations: 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.