Table 1.

Study participants’ characteristics according to serum uric acid levels quartiles.

	Quartiles of serum uric acid levels(umol/L)				P value
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Number	1130	1065	1070	1058
Age	45.24 ± 10.62	45.22 ± 10.71	46.92 ± 11.11	48.74 ± 12.24	<0.0001
Wasit(cm)	73.18 ± 7.68	74.62 ± 7.93	76.36 ± 8.47	79.51 ± 9.18	<0.0001
BMI(kg/m2)	21.75 ± 2.54	22.14 ± 2.73	22.79 ± 2.95	23.87 ± 3.28	<0.0001
Smoking(current/ex-smoker/never)%	2.57/0.09/97.35	2.16/0.19/97.65	2.06/0.19/97.76	2.55/0.28/97.16	0.9094
Alcohol drinking(current/ex-drinker/never)%	11.59/0.18/88.23	12.77/0.09/87.14	9.91/0.00/90.09	12.29/0.09/87.62	0.2520
Systolic blood pressure(mmHg)	111.95 ± 15.88	113.32 ± 16.27	115.15 ± 17.06	119.38 ± 18.11	<0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure(mmHg)	68.41 ± 9.10	69.58 ± 9.75	70.18 ± 10.10	72.06 ± 10.65	<0.0001
Fasting plasma glucose(mmol/L)	4.99 ± 1.01	4.97 ± 0.83	5.05 ± 0.90	5.25 ± 1.10	<0.0001
Total bilirubin(umol/L)	12.70 ± 4.74	12.91 ± 5.07	13.13 ± 5.28	12.73 ± 4.91	0.1667
Direct bilirubin(umol/L)	3.58 ± 1.44	3.61 ± 1.45	3.64 ± 1.59	3.51 ± 1.45	0.2222
Indirect bilirubin(umol/L)	9.13 ± 3.57	9.30 ± 3.88	9.49 ± 3.98	9.22 ± 3.72	0.1594
HDL(mmol/L)	1.68 ± 0.38	1.62 ± 0.37	1.57 ± 0.35	1.47 ± 0.37	<0.0001
LDL(mmol/L)	2.69 ± 0.72	2.78 ± 0.79	2.90 ± 0.79	3.00 ± 0.82	<0.0001
Triglyceride(mmol/L)	1.05 ± 0.67	1.17 ± 0.88	1.27 ± 0.74	1.58 ± 1.02	<0.0001
Total cholesterol(mmol/L)	4.71 ± 0.86	4.79 ± 0.92	4.90 ± 0.92	5.01 ± 0.94	<0.0001
AST(uL)	22.32 ± 12.21	22.39 ± 8.79	22.87 ± 8.97	24.51 ± 12.00	0.0044
ALT(uL)	17.79 ± 29.71	19.11 ± 13.72	20.05 ± 14.03	22.83 ± 17.04	<0.0001
ALP(uL)	67.65 ± 24.02	71.12 ± 33.26	74.06 ± 30.78	78.43 ± 24.13	<0.0001
GGT(uL)	16.03 ± 18.74	20.38 ± 35.96	21.50 ± 28.22	26.89 ± 32.68	<0.0001
Diabetes mellitus%	1.86	2.16	1.87	4.82	<0.0001
Hypertension%	3.81	5.35	7.10	12.19	<0.0001
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(yes),%	25.31	32.58	41.03	57.18	<0.0001