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. 2020 Sep 9;10(9):e038046. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038046

Table 4.

Association between gender and SUA on BP

Variables BP
JNC 7* 2017 ACC/AHA†
Pre-HT and HT (%) Normal (%) P value RR (95% CI) HT-1 and HT-2 (%) Normal and elevated (%) P value RR (95% CI)
Gender
 Men 234 (31.9) 72 (9.8) 0.584 1.02 (0.94 to 1.11) 159 (21.7) 147 (20.1) 0.129 0.9 (0.79 to 1.03)
 Women 319 (43.5) 108 (14.7) 246 (33.6) 181 (24.7)
SUA‡
 High-normal and high 290 (39.6) 74 (10.1) 0.008* 1.12 (1.03 to 1.22) 224 (30.6) 140 (19.1) 0.001* 1.26 (1.10 to 1.43)
 Normal 263 (35.9) 106 (14.5) 181 (24.7) 188 (25.6)
SUA
 Men
 High-normal and high 182 (59.5) 55 (18.0) 0.805 1.02 (0.88 to 1.19) 129 (42.2) 108 (35.3) 0.109 1.25 (0.93 to 1.68)
 Normal 52 (17.0) 17 (5.6) 30 (9.8) 39 (12.7)
 Women
 High-normal and high 108 (25.3) 19 (4.4) 0.001* 1.21 (1.09 to 1.34) 95 (22.2) 32 (7.5) 0.000* 1.49 (1.28 to 1.73)
 Normal 211 (49.4) 89 (20.8) 151 (35.4) 149 (34.9)

*BP was categorised using the JNC 7 guideline (prehypertension: SBP of 120–139 mm Hg and/or DBP of 80–89 mm Hg, hypertension: SBP of ≥140 mm Hg and/or DBP of ≥90 mm Hg).

†BP was categorised using the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline (normal BP=SBP <120 mm Hg and DBP <80 mm Hg, elevated BP=SBP 120–129 mm Hg and DBP <80 mm Hg, stage 1 hypertension=SBP 130–139 mm Hg or DBP 80–89 mm Hg, stage 2 hypertension=SBP ≥140 mm Hg or DBP ≥90 mm Hg).

‡SUA, normal: <5 mg/dL, high-normal: 5–7 mg/dL, high: ≥7 mg/dL.

ACC/AHA, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association; BP, blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HT, hypertension; JNC 7, Seventh Report of Joint National Committee; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SUA, serum uric acid.