Table 4.
Correlation analysis study between uric acid, biochemical markers and anthropometric characteristics in children categorized according to their BMI% and WC%.
| Parameter | Uric acid |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children with BMI%<85 (n=67) | Children with BMI%≥85 (n=43) | Children with WC%<95 (n=31) | Children with WC%≥95 (n=79) | |
| HDL | r=-0.388, P=0.005 | r=-0.006, P<0.001 | r=-0.353, P=0.041 | r=-0.045, P<0.001 |
| LDL | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| TG | NS | r=0.376, P=0.013 | NS | r=0.285, P=0.013 |
| Cholesterol | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| FBG | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| TG/HDL ratio | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| ALT/SGPT | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| AST/SGΟT | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| ALP | r=0.376, P=0.024 | NS | NS | NS |
| GGT | r=0.246, P=0.045 | NS | NS | NS |
| CAD (cholesterol/HDL ratio) | NS | r=0.374, P=0.001 | NS | r=0.246, P=0.032 |
| BMI% | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| WC% | r=0.244, P=0.049 | NS | NS | NS |
| HC | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| HC/WC | NS | NS | NS | NS |
BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; TG, triglyceride; FBG, fasting blood glucose; ALT/SGPT, alanine aminotransferase/serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; AST/SGOT, aspartate aminotransferase/serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transferase; CAD, coronary artery disease; HC, hip circumference; NS, nonsignificant.