Table 2.

Partial correlation between uric acid and other variables

Variables	Model I		Model II		Model III
	Pearson’s coefficients	p-value	Pearson’s coefficients	p-value	Pearson’s coefficients	p-value
Body mass index, kg/m2	0.245	0.014	0.26	0.016	----------	---------
Waist circumference, cm	0.377	<0.001	0.24	0.027	0.078	0.492
Body fat mass, kg	0.028	0.785	0.27	0.014	0.089	0.432
Trunk fat mass, kg	0.281	0.007	0.24	0.025	0.077	0.499
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	0.400	<0.001	0.14	0.198	0.055	0.628
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	0.416	<0.001	0.24	0.031	0.158	0.161
Fasting glucose, mmol/L	0.298	0.002	0.08	0.429	0.013	0.908
Insulin	0.095	0.344	0.22	0.048	0.123	0.279
HOMA	0.157	0.116	0.22	0.043	0.119	0.293
Triglyceride, (mg/dL)	0.455	<0.001	0.30	0.005	0.322	0.004
Total cholesterol, (mg/dL)	0.200	0.045	0.07	0.495	0.087	0.445
LDL-C,(mg/dL)	0.213	0.032	0.11	0.316	0.086	0.449
HDL-C, (mg/dL)	−0.454	<0.001	−0.372	0.001	−0.324	0.003

Model I: Crude model; Model II: Adjusted for age, gender; Model III: Adjusted for age, gender & BMI