Table 3.

Multiple regression analyses of hyperuricemia and associated factors in different genders

Variables	Male	Female
	OR (95%CI)	OR (95%CI)
Age(years)
18–30	1.00(reference)	1.00(reference)
31–40	0.673(0.297–1.521)	0.459(0.146–1.44)
41–50	1.289(0.56–2.965)	0.469(0.159–1.388)
51–60	0.721(0.277–1.878)	0.644(0.211–1.969)
61–70	0.793(0.311–2.022)	0.72(0.23–2.261)
≥ 71	0.515(0.185–1.434)	0.55(0.16–1.887)
Ethnicity
Han	1.00(reference)	1.00(reference)
Tibetan	0.502(0.284–0.885)	0.885(0.557–1.407)
Yi	1.443(0.681–3.06)	0.929(0.47–1.838)
Occupation
Morks	1.00(reference)	1.00(reference)
Farmers-herdsmen	1.321(0.579–3.013)	2.78(1.282–6.027)
Residents	1.1(0.404–2.994)	2.544(1.055–6.133)
Education
1	1.00(reference)	1.00(reference)
2	1.774(1.012–3.11)	1.371(0.849–2.215)
3	1.296(0.619–2.715)	3.102(1.639–5.871)
4	1.017(0.437–2.37)	1.345(0.608–2.974)
Drinking buttered tea	1.199(0.709–2.028)	0.727(0.445–01.19)
Eating meat	1.439(0.744–2.78)	1.352(0.626–2.92)
Physical activity
Level 1	1.00(reference)	1.00(reference)
Level 2	0.735 (0.353–1.53)	1.243(0.669–2.311)
Level 3	1.01(0.446–2.29)	0.962(0.505–1.829)
Level 4	0.468(0.24–0.911)	1.546(0.885–2.702)
Current smoking	0.809(0.483–1.357)	1.652(0.591–4.616)
Current drinking	1.1(1.014–3.14)	2.224(1.156–4.278)
Hypertension	1.33(0.822–2.154)	1.549(1.026–2.338)
BMI	1.1(1.04–1.164)	1.123(1.07–1.178)
WHR	0.833(0.054–12.76)	1.522(0.241–9.626)
CREA	1.034(1.019–1.05)	1.075(1.05–1.1)

BMI body mass index, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio, CREA creatinine Education level was assessed as illiteracy, primary school, middle school, or high school and higher for1,2,3,4; Physical activity was classified by exercise time into 4 levels, less than 30 min level 1, 30 min-1 h level 2, 1–1.5 h level 3, more than 1.5 h level 4. Education level was assessed as illiteracy, primary school, middle school, or high school and higher; OR: odds ratio, 95%CI: 95% confidence interval. *P < 0.05 for the independent association between hyperuricemia and each factor after adjusting for the remaining factors