Table 5.

Metabolic characteristics of reference patients with hyperuricemia and reference patients with normouricemia

Metabolic parameters	Reference group (HU+)	Reference group (HU−)	p
Oxalate/cr. (mmol/g cr.)	0.23 (0.15–0.30)	0.31 (0.23–0.39)	<0.01
Citrate/cr. (mg/g cr.)	501.53 (448.83–609.57)	654.69 (524.55–866.23)	<0.01
Ca/cr. (mmol/g cr.)	2.50 (1.86–3.00)	3.03 (2.30–3.80)	<0.01
P/cr. (mmol/g cr.)	17.22 (13.88–20.42)	21.61 (17.56–27.04)	<0.01
Mg/cr. (mmol/g cr.)	2.96 (2.51–3.42)	3.65 (3.10–4.31)	<0.01
Uric acid/cr.	0.37 (0.32–0.41)	0.45 (0.38–0.55)	<0.01
Ca/ citrate	0.19 (0.14–0.24)	0.17 (0.12–0.24)	NS

Data are presented as the median with the IQR in parenthesis, unless otherwise indicated