Table 1.
Uric acid concentration in relation to demographic characteristics and traditional risk factors of stroke
| Risk factor | Frequency (%) |
Mean ± SD uric acid concentration according to risk factor status |
P value# | Odds ratio∞ |
95% CI | |
| Yes | No | |||||
| Male sex | 46.3 | 457.1 ± 230.9 | 455.4 ± 254.9 | 0.97 | 1.25 | 0.65 – 2.39 |
| Hypertension | 87.8 | 457.4 ± 231.3 | 466.7 ± 307.7 | 0.88 | 1.85 | 0.65 – 5.23 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 29.3 | 508.6 ± 287.8 | 423.9 ± 206.7 | 0.04 | 1.28 | 0.65 – 2.49 |
| Obesity | 58.1 | 447.1 ± 217.2 | 475.5 ± 265.2 | 0.52 | 0.98 | 0.47 – 2.05 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 50.4 | 469.7 ± 221.0 | 439.0 ± 234.3 | 0.47 | 1.0 | 0.48 – 2.07 |
| Alcohol abuse | 21.8 | 443.8 ± 198.6 | 462.6 ± 251.3 | 0.70 | 0.98 | 0.46 – 2.08 |
| Physical inactivity | 76.9 | 461.3 ± 249.9 | 449.3 ±210.4 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.38–1.77 |
| Cigarette smoking | 6.1 | 496.8 ± 244.6 | 458.0 ± 240.8 | 0.64 | 1.48 | 0.38 – 5.76 |
| Cardio-embolism* | 2.7 | 493.3 ± 280.6 | 450.6 ± 237.6 | 0.76 | 3.60 | 0.37 – 35.44 |
| Previous stroke | 28.1 | 485.0 ± 193.8 | 446.8 ± 242.6 | 0.51 | 1.83 | 0.69 – 4.89 |
*
Cardio-embolism includes 2 cases each of Atrial fibrillation and congestive cardiac failure
#
p-values refer to comparison in arithmetic means of serum uric acid concentration between those with risk factor and those without. Values are arithmetic means ± standard deviation.
∞
Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval, no p-values provided.