Table 3.
Comparison of baseline characteristics between hyperuricemia subjects and control group (n=39736)
| Characteristics (mean±SE) | Hyperuricemia (n=4523) |
Control (n=35213) |
t value | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 52.7±0.26 | 48.3±0.08 | 16.7 | <0.001 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 131.1±0.25 | 125.1±0.09 | 23.3 | <0.001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 81.4±0.19 | 77.7±0.07 | 18.7 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.6±0.05 | 23.8±0.02 | 32.1 | <0.001 |
| FPG (mmol/L) | 5.39±0.01 | 5.20±0.01 | 12.8 | <0.001 |
| Red blood cell count (×1012/L) | 4.80±0.01 | 4.79±0.01 | 1.13 | 0.259 |
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | 145.1±0.22 | 145.5±0.08 | −1.37 | 0.170 |
| White blood cell count (×1012/L) | 6.73±0.02 | 6.35±0.01 | 14.8 | <0.001 |
| Platelet (×109/L) | 205.7±0.76 | 202.8±0.27 | 3.61 | <0.001 |
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.26±0.01 | 4.95±0.01 | 20.9 | <0.001 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.86±0.02 | 1.34±0.01 | 28.5 | <0.001 |
| HDL-cholesterol (μmmol/L) | 1.24±0.01 | 1.33±0.01 | −20.1 | <0.001 |
| LDL-cholesterol (μmmol/L) | 3.06±0.01 | 2.90±0.01 | 13.1 | <0.001 |
| ALT (IU/L) | 27.6±0.28 | 22.6±0.08 | 17.6 | <0.001 |
| AST (IU/L) | 23.8±0.13 | 21.2±0.04 | 19.1 | <0.001 |
| Bilirubin (μmmol/L) | 12.4±0.08 | 12.2±0.03 | 2.49 | 0.013 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 48.0±0.05 | 47.5±0.02 | 10.6 | <0.001 |
| BUN (mmol/L) | 5.72±0.02 | 5.31±0.01 | 18.1 | <0.001 |
| Creatinine (μmmol/L) | 81.2±0.25 | 74.4±0.08 | 25.6 | <0.001 |
Data were expressed as the mean mean±SE. t test was taken to compare factors associated with hyperuricemia between the two groups in study population.