Table 2.

Correlation between BUN values and clinical/biochemical variables in Chinese healthy adults.

Variables	Males		Females
	Correlation coefficient	P value	Correlation coefficient	P value
Age (year)	0.228	< 0.0001	0.337	< 0.0001
BMI (kg/m2 )	0.052	< 0.0001	0.122	< 0.0001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)	− 0.231	< 0.0001	− 0.286	< 0.0001
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.096	< 0.0001	0.189	< 0.0001
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	− 0.02	0.024	0.025	0.029
Blood UA (mmol/L)	− 0.011	NS	0.111	< 0.0001
Total protein (g/L)	− 0.056	< 0.0001	0.033	0.0063
Albumin (g/L)	− 0.051	< 0.0001	0.034	0.0059
Blood sugar (mmol/L)	0.090	< 0.0001	0.136	< 0.0001

BMI body mass index; eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate; UA uric acid; NS no significance.