Table 5.

Serum uric acid level change of patients who did and did not develop posttransplant metabolic syndrome

Time point	PTMS		Non-PTMS
	Mean ± STD, μmol/L	Overall P value	Mean ± STD, μmol/L	Overall P value
Pre-LT(Baseline)	255 ± 96	< 0.001	273 ± 84	< 0.001
P1st mo	400 ± 118		350 ± 103
P3rd mo	432 ± 80		355 ± 81
P6th mo	446 ± 72		360 ± 78
P12th mo	460 ± 96		360 ± 83
P24th mo	512 ± 76		348 ± 90

PTMS: ^aP_{1 mo-Baseline} < 0.001, ^bP_{12 mo-1 mo} = 0.017, ^cP_{24 mo-1 mo} < 0.001; Non-PTMS: ^dP_{1 mo-Baseline} < 0.001, ^eP_{12 mo-1 mo} = 0.394, fP_{24 mo-1 mo} = 0.847. PTMS: Posttransplant metabolic syndrome.