Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of premenopausal women.
| Characteristic | Quartile one | Quartile two | Quartile three | Quartile four | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <248 | 248–288 | 288–328 | >328 | ||
| N = 125 | N = 124 | N = 125 | N = 124 | ||
| Serum uric acid (umol/L) | 249 (229–265) | 303 (293–316) | 351 (339–363) | 445 (403–487) | <0.001 |
| Clinical Characteristics | |||||
| Age (Years) | 60.92 ± 7.88 | 61.59 ± 8.30 | 62.55 ± 8.32 | 65.12 ± 8.65 | <0.001 |
| Hypertension | 78 | 72 | 99 | 108 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 14 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 0.22 |
| Current smoker (%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.86 |
| Current alcohol use (%) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.60 |
| High school or above (%) | 42 | 42 | 26 | 39 | 0.14 |
| Physical inactivity (%) | 84 | 76 | 76 | 59 | 0.06 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 131.55 ± 19.93 | 131.45 ± 19.25 | 138.76 ± 23.01 | 140.16 ± 17.68 | 0.01 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 77.92 ± 10.02 | 76.68 ± 10.19 | 81.30 ± 11.99 | 80.22 ± 10.37 | 0.003 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 21.43 ± 2.46 | 22.42 ± 2.89 | 22.23 ± 3.33 | 22.88 ± 3.86 | 0.02 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 80.71 ± 8.61 | 81.85 ± 9.23 | 85.53 ± 9.13 | 87.24 ± 10.07 | 0.07 |
| Laboratory values | |||||
| Serum Creatitine (umol/L) | 61.95 ± 8.31 | 65.56 ± 9.83 | 67.80 ± 9.73 | 73.19 ± 14.00 | <0.001 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) | 105.56 ± 18.06 | 98.68 ± 17.83 | 94.33 ± 17.43 | 86.63 ± 18.87 | <0.001 |
| Fasting glucose (mmo/L) | 4.99 ± 1.17 | 5.11 ± 1.22 | 5.57 ± 1.57 | 5.35 ± 1.30 | 0.36 |
| Serum triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.12 (0.84–1.43) | 1.24 (0.922–1.73) | 1.42 (1.06–1.96) | 1.51 (1.14–2.28) | <0.001 |
| Serum low density lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 3.23 ± 0.87 | 3.48 ± 0.88 | 3.51 ± 0.89 | 3.62 ± 0.92 | 0.07 |
| Serum high density lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 1.67 ± 0.35 | 1.65 ± 0.37 | 1.55 ± 0.30 | 1.53 ± 0.28 | 0.06 |
| Serum C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 0.84 (0.45–1.82) | 1.05 (0.50–2.05) | 1.45 (0.71–3.23) | 2.07 (0.89–4.80) | 0.001 |
Mean ± SD or median (25th to 75th percentiles) for continuous variables and proportion (95% confidence interval) for category variables are presented.