Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants with hyperuricemia and those without.
| Characteristics | Men (n = 848) | Women (n = 1254) |
Total (n = 2102) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperuricemia (n = 148) | No hyperuricemia (n = 700) | P value | Subtotal | Hyperuricemia (n = 204) | No hyperuricemia (n = 1050) | P value | Subtotal | ||
| Age (yrs) | 73.5 ± 6.9 | 72.1 ± 6.8 | 0.028 | 72.3 ± 6.9 | 71.8 ± 6.0 | 70.1 ± 6.3 | 0.001 | 70.4 ± 6.2 | 71.2 ± 6.6 |
| WC (cm) | 94.0 ± 8.4 | 90.6 ± 8.4 | <0.001 | 91.2 ± 8.5 | 90.3 ± 9.5 | 85.6 ± 8.6 | <0.001 | 86.4 ± 8.9 | 88.3 ± 9.1 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.7 ± 3.0 | 24.8 ± 3.1 | 0.002 | 24.9 ± 3.1 | 26.4 ± 3.8 | 24.8 ± 3.5 | <0.001 | 25.0 ± 3.6 | 25.0 ± 3.4 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 136.8 ± 17.5 | 136.6 ± 18.0 | 0.927 | 136.7 ± 17.9 | 141.9 ± 20.4 | 140.2 ± 20.9 | 0.285 | 140.5 ± 20.8 | 139.0 ± 19.8 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 77.4 ± 9.4 | 78.6 ± 9.7 | 0.191 | 78.4 ± 9.7 | 75.9 ± 10.4 | 76.8 ± 9.9 | 0.273 | 76.6 ± 10.0 | 77.3 ± 9.9 |
| TC (mmol/L)a | 5.0 ± 1.1 | 4.9 ± 0.9 | 0.131 | 4.9 ± 0.9 | 5.5 ± 1.0 | 5.5 ± 1.0 | 0.550 | 5.5 ± 1.0 | 5.3 ± 1.0 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.8 ± 1.0 | 1.5 ± 0.8 | 0.001 | 1.5 ± 0.9 | 2.1 ± 1.0 | 1.7 ± 0.9 | <0.001 | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 1.7 ± 0.9 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 0.016 | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | <0.001 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 1.4 ± 0.4 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L)b | 3.1 ± 0.9 | 3.0 ± 0.8 | 0.338 | 3.1 ± 0.8 | 3.4 ± 0.8 | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 0.506 | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 3.3 ± 0.8 |
| FBG (mmol/L) | 6.0 ± 1.3 | 6.1 ± 1.6 | 0.428 | 6.1 ± 1.5 | 6.1 ± 1.3 | 6.1 ± 1.8 | 0.704 | 6.1 ± 1.8 | 6.1 ± 1.7 |
| 2hPG (mmol/L) | 8.1 ± 2.6 | 8.2 ± 3.0 | 0.707 | 8.2 ± 3.0 | 9.2 ± 3.3 | 8.2 ± 3.3 | <0.001 | 8.4 ± 3.3 | 8.3 ± 3.2 |
| SUA (mg/dL) | 7.9 ± 0.8 | 5.4 ± 0.9 | <0.001 | 5.8 ± 1.3 | 7.0 ± 1.0 | 4.5 ± 0.8 | <0.001 | 4.9 ± 1.2 | 5.3 ± 1.4 |
| n (%) | |||||||||
| Education (≥6 yrs) | 124 (83.8) | 576 (82.3) | 0.663 | 700 (82.5) | 142 (69.6) | 680 (64.8) | 0.183 | 822 (65.6) | 1522 (72.4) |
| Married | 131 (88.5) | 650 (92.9) | 0.075 | 781 (92.1) | 157 (77.0) | 836 (79.6) | 0.392 | 993 (79.2) | 1774 (84.4) |
| Current smoking | 27 (18.2) | 153 (21.9) | 0.329 | 180 (21.2) | 7 (3.4) | 44 (4.2) | 0.615 | 51 (4.1) | 231 (11.1) |
| Current drinking | 58 (39.2) | 267 (38.1) | 0.812 | 325 (38.3) | 14 (6.9) | 86 (8.2) | 0.522 | 100 (8.0) | 425 (20.2) |
| PA (≥0.5 h/day) | 88 (59.5) | 422 (60.3) | 0.852 | 510 (60.1) | 121 (59.3) | 603 (57.4) | 0.618 | 724 (57.7) | 1234 (58.7) |
| Family history of CVD | 84 (56.8) | 453 (64.7) | 0.068 | 537 (63.3) | 122 (59.8) | 639 (60.9) | 0.778 | 761 (60.7) | 1298 (61.8) |
| Medication for hypertension | 76 (51.4) | 278 (39.7) | 0.009 | 354 (41.7) | 125 (61.3) | 493 (47.0) | <0.001 | 618 (49.3) | 972 (46.2) |
| Medication for diabetes | 23 (15.5) | 119 (17.0) | 0.666 | 142 (16.7) | 39 (19.1) | 180 (17.1) | 0.497 | 219 (17.5) | 361 (17.2) |
| Medication for hyperlipidemia | 31 (20.9) | 86 (12.3) | 0.006 | 117 (13.8) | 38 (18.6) | 147 (14.0) | 0.088 | 185 (14.8) | 302 (14.4) |
| MetS | 93 (62.8) | 332 (47.4) | 0.001 | 425 (50.1) | 168 (82.4) | 649 (61.8) | <0.001 | 817 (65.2) | 1242 (59.1) |
Data are for continuous values or n (%) for category values; aTC: total cholesterol; bLDL-C: low density-lipoprotein cholesterol.