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. 2018 Sep 7;51(5):248–256. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.18.112

Table 1.

Selected baseline characteristics by serum uric acid quintile (unit: mg/dL) by gender

Characteristics Men
Women
Q1 (<4.7) Q2 (4.7-5.3) Q3 (5.4-5.9) Q4 (6.0-6.8) Q5 (>6.8) p-value Q1 (<3.6) Q2 (3.6-4.0) Q3 (4.1-4.5) Q4 (4.6-5.1) Q5 (>5.1) p-value
Total (n) 395 410 456 416 456 684 650 629 711 770
CKD development 46 (10.6) 34 (7.7) 33 (7.4) 34 (8.7) 54 (12.8) <0.05 79 (9.9) 49 (7.1) 64 (10.6) 71 (10.2) 116 (17.5) <0.001
Age (y) 63.72±8.56 62.30±8.72 61.07±9.05 60.64±8.84 59.66±9.14 <0.001 60.29±9.38 59.20±9.29 59.45±9.52 58.91±9.19 60.32±8.33 <0.01
Follow-up time (mo) 46.21±18.80 45.91±20.29 46.50±19.56 47.42±19.19 46.79±18.15 NS 47.37±19.01 47.10±19.35 47.20±19.40 46.77±18.91 46.40±18.35 NS
Married 374 (94.7) 382 (93.2) 440 (96.5) 393 (94.5) 432 (94.7) NS 519 (75.9) 515 (79.2) 482 (76.6) 558 (78.5) 593 (77.0) NS
College or higher 32 (8.1) 31 (7.6) 50 (11.0) 40 (9.6) 54 (11.8) NS 19 (2.8) 24 (3.7) 24 (3.8) 36 (5.1) 25 (3.2) NS
Smoker 129 (32.7) 140 (34.1) 129 (28.3) 129 (31.0) 147 (32.2) NS 10 (1.5) 14 (2.1) 14 (2.2) 22 (3.1) 23 (3.0) NS
Alcohol consumer 236 (59.7) 261 (63.7) 297 (65.1) 285 (68.5) 356 (78.1) <0.001 198 (28.9) 192 (29.5) 183 (29.1) 236 (33.2) 266 (34.5) <0.05
Exercise 121 (30.6) 104 (25.4) 147 (32.2) 133 (32.0) 147 (32.2) NS 171 (25.0) 180 (27.7) 179 (28.5) 251 (35.3) 257 (33.4) <0.001
HTN 116 (29.4) 124 (30.2) 143 (31.4) 139 (33.4) 183 (40.1) <0.01 198 (28.9) 188 (28.9) 192 (30.5) 245 (34.5) 353 (45.8) <0.001
DM 79 (20.0) 56 (13.7) 59 (12.9) 44 (10.6) 50 (11.0) <0.01 73 (10.7) 49 (7.5) 49 (7.8) 59 (8.3) 81 (10.5) NS
BMI (kg/m²) 22.98±2.80 23.54±2.81 24.05±2.92 24.46±2.88 25.01±2.90 <0.001 23.72±3.05 24.01±3.08 24.48±3.01 24.76±3.07 25.71±3.23 <0.001
Tchl (mg/dL) 186.97±32.56 189.45±34.26 188.36±32.27 195.93±36.59 198.19±35.82 <0.001 198.95±36.58 200.52±34.15 203.48±35.01 205.08±35.70 212.68±36.08 <0.001
Tg (mg/dL) 127.90±94.38 142.16±82.28 158.88±104.10 172.57±117.05 197.74±131.36 <0.001 125.80±70.34 126.92±64.91 136.63±73.83 150.52±86.53 174.62±110.36 <0.001
HDL (mg/dL) 45.55±11.59 44.59±11.18 43.55±11.80 42.81±10.90 42.21±9.73 <0.001 46.80±9.95 47.02±10.12 45.90±10.39 44.83±10.00 43.20±9.26 <0.001
Glucose (mg/dL) 108.79±44.05 105.03±29.43 103.73±24.52 102.60±22.64 101.72±16.85 <0.01 99.40±24.72 96.17±16.97 96.20±16.40 96.54±17.08 100.13±16.97 <0.001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 80.26±10.02 79.13±9.22 78.40±9.78 77.20±8.76 75.25±9.40 <0.001 79.26±10.14 78.43±9.40 76.47±8.95 75.37±8.89 73.04±8.50 <0.001

Values are presented as number (%) or mean±standard deviation.

CKD, chronic kidney disease; NS, not significant; HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass index; Tchl, total cholesterol; Tg, triacylglycerol; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.