Table 3.

Correlation coefficients of serum uric acid levels with demographic and biochemical variables

Variables	Total		Gout		Asymptomatic hyperuricemia
	rho	p	rho	p	rho	p
Age	−0.135*	<0.001	− 0.136*	0.001	− 0.74	0.566
Age of hyperuricemia onset	−0.091*	0.015	−0.088*	0.025	−0.126	0.326
Age of Gout onset	–	–	−0.087*	0.027	–	–
BMI	0.189*	<0.001	0.164*	<0.001	0.165	0.229
ALT	0.090*	0.019	0.086*	0.033	0.167	0.207
TB	0.226*	<0.001	0.209*	<0.001	0.273*	0.046
BUN	0.042	0.271	0.136*	0.001	0.071	0.589
Serum creatine	0.287*	<0.001	0.217*	<0.001	0.323*	0.012
Glucose	0.062	0.138	0.034	0.439	−0.028	0.837
TC	0.067	0.074	0.071	0.072	0.134	0.294
TG	0.115*	0.002	0.116*	0.003	0.113	0.376
HDL-C	−2.262*	<0.001	−0.282*	<0.001	− 0.013	0.924
LDL-C	0.013	0.734	0.011	0.778	0.071	0.692
ESR	−0.040	0.472	0.045	0.443	−0.151	0.442
CRP	0.136*	0.008	0.152*	0.005	0.138	0.474

BMI body mass index, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TP total protein, TB Total bilirubin, BUN blood urea nitrogen, UA uric acid, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein; Spearman correlation analysis were used for the significance of difference between two groups. * p < 0.05