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. 2016 Jul 20;13(7):732. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13070732

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of study population according to hyperuricemia or not by gender.

Variables Female Male
Non-Hyperuricemia Hyperuricemia p-value Non-Hyperuricemia Hyperuricemia p-value
Age (year) 53.1 ± 10.2 57.8 ± 10.6 <0.001 54.6 ± 10.8 53.2 ± 11.1 0.002
SBP (mmHg) 139.7 ± 2.8 146.4 ± 25.0 <0.001 143.2 ± 22.6 145.6 ± 22.9 0.010
DBP(mmHg) 80.3 ± 11.4 83.9 ± 12.7 <0.001 83.1 ± 11.6 87.2 ± 12.7 <0.001
Serum creatinine (mmol/L) 64.3 ± 11.8 82.7 ± 63.1 <0.001 78.1 ± 16.2 88.7 ± 30.3 <0.001
eGFR(mL/min) 95.2 ± 14.3 88.0 ± 19.4 <0.001 92.9 ± 15.4 75.6 ± 19.1 <0.001
Serum uric acid (μmol/L) 245.1 ± 53.7 413.8 ± 54.7 <0.001 309.9 ± 58.3 482.9 ± 62.6 <0.001
FPG (mmol/L) 5.8 ± 1.6 6.2 ± 1.6 <0.001 5.9 ± 1.7 6.0 ± 1.5 0.705
TC (mmol/L) 5.3 ± 1.1 5.8 ± 1.3 <0.001 5.1 ± 1.0 5.5 ± 1.2 <0.001
TG (mmol/L) 1.6 ± 1.2 2.5 ± 2.2 <0.001 1.5 ± 1.4 2.5 ± 2.7 <0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.4 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 0.3 <0.001 1.4 ± 0.4 1.3 ± 0.4 <0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L) 2.9 ± 0.8 3.3 ± 0.9 <0.001 2.8 ± 0.8 3.0 ± 0.8 <0.001
Dietscore 2.1 ± 1.1 2.0 ± 1.1 0.009 2.5 ± 1.1 2.6 ± 1.1 0.101
BMI(kg/m2) 24.7 ± 3.7 26.7 ± 3.8 <0.001 24.5 ± 3.4 26.4 ± 3.9 <0.001
Race group (han) 5361 (94.8%) 374 (97.4%) 0.010 4092 (94.7%) 646 (95.6%) 0.200
Education <0.001 0.535
Primary school or below 3173 (56.1%) 258 (67.2%) 1811 (41.9%) 278 (41.1%)
Middle school 2047 (36.2%) 97 (25.3%) 2036 (47.1%) 314 (46.4%)
High school or above 438 (7.7%) 29 (7.6%) 474 (11.0%) 84 (12.4%)
Physical activity 0.010 0.001
Low 3173 (56.1%) 374 (97.4%) 913 (21.1%) 180 (26.6%)
Moderate 2047 (36.2%) 10 (2.6%) 3160 (73.1%) 471 (69.7%)
High 438 (7.7%) 384 (100.0%) 248 (5.7%) 25 (3.7%)
Currently smoking 929 (16.4%) 66 (17.2%) 0.694 2504 (57.9%) 351 (51.9%) 0.002
Family income (CNY/year) 0.360 0.482
≤5000 646 (11.4%) 53 (13.8%) 582 (13.5%) 90 (13.3%)
5000–20,000 3135 (55.4%) 209 (54.4%) 2349 (54.4%) 353 (52.2%)
>20,000 1877 (33.2%) 122 (31.8%) 1390 (32.2%) 233 (34.5%)
Medication used a 0.004 <0.001
Yes 2277 (87.8%) 317 (12.2%) 2418 (96.6%) 85 (3.4%)
No 2008 (85.0%) 355 (15.0%) 3196 (91.5%) 295 (8.5%)
Menopause status <0.001
Yes 3233 (91.9%) 285 (8.1%)
No 2385 (96.2%) 94 (3.8%)

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD or as n (%); QTc: corrected QT; CNY: China Yuan (1 CNY = 0.157 USD); BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; a Indicating any self-reported medication used in the past two weeks; ps: p for category from chi-square; for continous from non-parametric test.