Table 4.

Associations between uric acid concentrations and health conditions

	Age, batch-adjusted model				Multivariable-adjusted model*
Health condition	n	Geometric mean	Standard error	P	Geometric mean	Standard error	P
Diabetes
No	701	5.01	1.01	0.03	5.01	1.01	0.16
Yes	54	5.35	1.03		5.24	1.03
Hypertension
No	525	4.89	1.01	<0.0001	4.93	1.01	<0.001
Yes	230	5.36	1.01		5.27	1.01
Coronary heart disease
No	679	5.00	1.01	0.04	5.02	1.01	0.29
Yes	76	5.28	1.03		5.16	1.02

^*Adjusted for age, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, education, physical activity, regular NSAID use, regular antioxidant vitamin use, dietary intakes of fish and shellfish, meat and antioxidant vitamins (A, C and E) and selenium, history of other infectious/inflammation-related diseases, and assay batch using linear regression models.