Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios (95% CI)* for association 1 between the MetS and 2 its components with sUA

	Variables	Odds ratio	95% CI	p-value
Metabolic syndrome n = 59	Age (yr)	0.620	[0.302, 1.273]	0.193
	Uric Acid (mg/dL)	3.942	[1.589, 9.775]	0.003
	Gender	0.208	[0.048, 0.901]	0.208
	BMI (kg/m2)	1.113	[0.949, 1.304]	0.187
Abdominal obesity (waist circumference > 90th percentile) n = 53	Age (yr)	0.677	[0.328, 1.397]	0.291
	Uric Acid (mg/dL)	3.854	[1.518, 9.787]	0.005
	Gender	0.212	[0.048, 0.930]	0.040
	BMI (kg/m2)	1.074	[0.907, 1.271]	0.410
High triglyceride (≥150 mg/dL) n = 25	Age (yr)	0.504	[0.124, 2.048]	0.338
	Uric Acid (mg/dL)	2.267	[0.560, 9.180]	0.251
	Gender	0.474	[0.029, 7.801]	0.601
	BMI (kg/m2)	1.406	[0.835, 2.369]	0.200
Low HDL-C (<40 mg/dL) n = 33	Age (yr)	0.210	[0.031, 1.008]	0.110
	Uric Acid (mg/dL)	65.751	[2.509,1723.076]	0.012
	Gender	0.040	[0.001, 2.003]	0.107
	BMI (kg/m2)	1.559	[0.764, 3.182]	0.223

All the models were adjusted by gender (men compared with women), age (continuous), body mass index (continuous) and concentration of uric acid (continuous)

*The unit of the exposures for the OR estimate was the presence or absence of Metabolic

Syndrome or its components- abdominal obesity, high triglycerides and low HDL-C